Maternal infections during pregnancy and cerebral palsy: A population-based cohort study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 542-552

  Miller, Jessica E ^a   Pedersen, Lars Henning ^c   Streja, Elani ^a   Bech, Bodil H ^c   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^b   Van Naarden Braun, Kim ^b   Schendel, Diana E ^b   Christensen, Deborah ^b   Uldall, Peter ^d,e   Olsen, Jørn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacterial infections; congenital cerebral palsy; maternal infections; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; NITROFURANTOIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL INFECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CONGENITAL CEREBRAL PALSY; MATERNAL INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886090894     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12082     Document Type: Article

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