Chorioamnionitis in the Pathogenesis of Brain Injury in Preterm Infants

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-103

  Chau, Vann ^a,c,d   McFadden, Deborah E ^d,e,f   Poskitt, Kenneth J ^d,e,f   Miller, Steven P ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Research Institute   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Neurodevelopment; Placental infection; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; NEURODEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL INFECTION; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREGNANCY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84893723014     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.10.009     Document Type: Review

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