Cerebral hypoxia and ischemia in preterm infants

• Main Authors: Alberto Ravarino (Author), Maria Antonietta Marcialis (Author), Maria Cristina Pintus (Author), Vassilios Fanos (Author), Laura Vinci (Author), Monica Piras (Author), Gavino Faa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Premature birth is a major public health issue internationally affecting 13 million babies worldwide. Hypoxia and ischemia is probably the commonest type of acquired brain damage in preterm infants. The clinical manifestations of hypoxic-ischemic injury in survivors of premature birth include a spec...