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Acute fetal hypoxia: the modulating effect of infection

Author(s) : Kendall, G , Peebles, D
Description : The fetal brain is protected from the effects of acute hypoxia by a range of haemodynamic and metabolic compensations. Hypoxia alone is therefore an unusual cause of perinatal brain injury in either preterm or term infants. More recently, materno-fetal infection has been implicated as a causative fa...
Language(s) : Undetermined
Subject(s) : fetus, brain injury, infection, hypoxia-ischaemia, cytokines, ISCHEMIC BRAIN-INJURY, MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-SPECTROSCOPY, NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE, WHITE-MATTER INJURY, GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA, CEREBRAL-PALSY, PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, NEONATAL-RATS, TERM INFANTS
Publisher(s) : ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
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Publication Date(s) : 2005-01-01