Prenatal factors in singletons with cerebral palsy born at or near term

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 946-953

  Nelson, Karin B ^a,b   Blair, Eve ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FETUS MONITORING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVE BIRTH; MACROCEPHALY; MICROCEPHALY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVOR; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; GENETICS; TERM BIRTH;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MICROCEPHALY; RISK FACTORS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84940831220     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1505261     Document Type: Review

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