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Title Fetal and neonatal brain injury : mechanisms, management, and the risks of practice / edited by David K. Stevenson, William E. Benitz, and Philip Sunshine ; foreword by Avroy A. Fanaroff
Edition 3rd ed
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 907 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Perinatal asphyxia: an overview; 2 Mechanisms of brain damage in animal models of hypoxia-ischemia in newborns; 3 Cellular and molecular biology of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; 4 Fetal responses to asphyxia; 5 Congenital malformations of the brain; 6 Prematurity and complications of labor and delivery; 7 Intrauterine growth retardation (restriction); 8 Hemorrhagic lesions of the central nervous system; 9 Maternal diseases that affect fetal development; 10 Antepartum evaluation of fetal well-being
Summary Now in its third edition, this is a comprehensive survey of fetal and neonatal brain injury arising from hypoxia, ischemia or other causes. The volume spans areas including epidemiology and pathogenesis, through to clinical manifestations and obstetric care, and then on to diagnosis, long-term outcomes, and medico-legal aspects
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Brain -- Diseases.
Brain-damaged children.
Brain -- Wounds and injuries.
Fetus -- Diseases.
Fetal brain -- Growth
Newborn infants -- Diseases.
Newborn infants -- Wounds and injuries.
Newborn infants.
Pregnancy -- Complications.
Brain Injuries
Brain Injuries -- infant, newborn
Newborn infants -- diseases
Brain Diseases
Infant, Newborn
Brain Diseases -- infant, newborn
Fetal Diseases
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
Pregnancy -- Complications
Newborn infants
Brain-damaged children
Brain -- Diseases
Brain -- Wounds and injuries
Fetal brain -- Growth
Fetus -- Diseases
Newborn infants -- Diseases
Newborn infants -- Wounds and injuries
Traumatismes de l'encéphale -- Enfant.
Encéphalopathies -- Enfant.
Maladies foetales.
Maladies du nourrisson et du nouveau-né.
Fetus
Schädel-Hirn-Trauma
Neugeborenes
Enfants atteints de lésions cérébrales.
Cerveau -- Maladies chez l'enfant.
Nouveau-nés -- Maladies.
Foetus -- Cerveau.
Genre/Form Electronic book
Form Electronic book
Author Stevenson, David K. (David Kendal), 1949-
Sunshine, Philip, 1930-
Benitz, William E
LC no. 2002073485
ISBN 0511072252
9780511072253
0511119828
9780511119828
0511063792
9780511063794
9780521806916
0521806917
9780511544774
0511544774