Focal cerebral infarction in newborn: Description of three cases

European Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 141-146

  Domizio, S ^b   Sabatino, G M D ^a   Albanese, A ^a   Barbante, E ^b   Puglielli, C ^b   Di Giannantonio, M ^b   Quartesan, R ^c   Domizio, R ^b   Sabatino, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery disease; Cerebral ischemia; Middle cerebral artery; Newborn

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 9744225157     PISSN: 1721727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1721727X0400200308     Document Type: Article

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