Focal necrosis and disturbed myelination in the white matter of newborn infants: A tale of too much or too little oxygen

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Wellmann, Sven ^a   Bührer, Christoph ^b   Schmitz, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypoxia inducible factor; Myelination; Oligodendrocyte precursors; Periventricular leukomalacia; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973559044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00143     Document Type: Short Survey

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