Neurotoxicity of general anesthetics in childhood: Does anesthesia leave its mark on premature babies, newborns and infants?;Neurotoxizität von Allgemeinanästhetika im Kindesalter: Hinterlässt Narkose Spuren beim Früh-, Neugeborenen und Kleinkind?

Anaesthesist

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Sinner, B ^a   Becke, K ^b   Engelhard, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinik Hallerwiese   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain; Learning; Neurodegeneration; Neurons

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDHOOD; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; PREMATURITY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84878604909     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: 1432055X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-013-2139-0     Document Type: Article

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