Fetal and neonatal brain injury : mechanisms, management, and the risks of practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 907 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Brain -- Diseases. Brain-damaged children. Brain -- Wounds and injuries. Fetus -- Diseases. Fetal brain -- Growth. Newborn infants -- Diseases. Newborn infants -- Wounds and injuries. Brain Injuries. Brain Injuries -- infant, newborn Newborn infants -- diseases Brain Diseases. Infant, Newborn. Brain Diseases -- infant, newborn Fetal Diseases. Infant, Newborn, Diseases. Pregnancy Complications. Brain-damaged children. Brain -- Diseases. Brain -- Wounds and injuries. Fetal brain -- Growth. Fetus -- Diseases. Newborn infants -- Diseases. Newborn infants -- Wounds and injuries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199920

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Other authors / contributors:	Stevenson, David K. (David Kendal), 1949- Sunshine, Philip, 1930- Benitz, William E.
ISBN:	0511072252 9780511072253 0511119828 9780511119828 0511063792 9780511063794 9780521806916 0521806917 9780511544774 0511544774 0521806917
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Fetal and neonatal brain injury. 3rd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2003

Table of 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.

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