Neuropathology of the area postrema in sudden intrauterine and infant death syndromes related to tobacco smoke exposure

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Lavezzi, Anna Maria ^a   Mecchia, Donatella ^a   Matturri, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Gliosis; Neuropathology; Unexplained fetal and infant deaths

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGENESIS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FETUS DEATH; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SUDDEN INTRAUTERINE UNEXPLAINED DEATH SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; AREA POSTREMA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; TOBACCO;

EID: 84855942428     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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