Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 344-349 , October 2008

Perinatal Arterial Stroke in the Preterm Infant

  • Manon J.N.L. Benders, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Floris Groenendaal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Cuno S.P.M. Uiterwaal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Linda S. de Vries, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Linda S. de Vries, MD, PhD, Department of Neonatology, KE 04.123.1, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2008.07.003

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 344-349 , October 2008

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