Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 334-343 , October 2008

Nuclear Mechanisms of Hypoxic Cerebral Injury in the Newborn: The Role of Caspases

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 The work was performed at the Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.

PII: S0146-0005(08)00084-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.07.002

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 334-343 , October 2008

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