Different gestational ages and changing vulnerability of the premature brain

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 2268-2272

  Sannia, Andrea ^a   Natalizia, Anna R ^a   Parodi, Alessandro ^a   Malova, Mariya ^a   Fumagalli, Monica ^b   Rossi, Andrea ^a   Ramenghi, Luca A ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar haemorrhage; gestational age; GMH IVH; HIE; preterm; PVL; stroke

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; GERMINAL MATRIX INTRAVENTRICULAR HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN VEIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; STROKE;

EID: 84946811841     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.796166     Document Type: Article

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