Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 146-150 , June 2006

Pre-Wallerian Degeneration in the Neonatal Brain Following Perinatal Cerebral Hypoxia–Ischemia Demonstrated with MRI

  • Floris Groenendaal, MD, PhD
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  • Manon J. Benders, MD, PhD
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  • Linda S. De Vries, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Linda S. de Vries, MD, PhD, Department of Neonatology, KE 04.123.1, Division of Perinatology and Gynecology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00061-9

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.04.005

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 146-150 , June 2006

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