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neurology of the newborn infant
guest editor adre du plessis addresses neonatal neurology in this issue of clinics in perinatology a companion to his september 2009 issue on fetal neurology . mechanisms and management of acute brain injury is reviewed including articles on systemic and cerebral transitional hemodynamics in premature infants hypoxic ischemic brain injury in the term infant neuroprotection in the newborn infant intracranial hemorrhage in the premature and term newborn infection inflammatory mechanisms of brain injury in the newborn neonatal stroke and neonatal seizures . next neurodiagnostic advances for the newborn infant is explored with articles covering advanced brain mri techniques advances in near infrared spectroscopy and bedside electrocortical monitoring . the issue closes with a section devoted to longterm neurologic outcome mechanisms of dysfunction and recovery with articles on longterm outcome in premature infants mechanisms of cerebral plasticity the longterm effects of neonatal seizures constraint induced therapy plasticity in practice and neonatal brain injury and autistic spectrum disorders in survivors .
hardcover w.b. saunders company 2009 isbn13 9781437714012 isbn10 1437714013
abridged n isbn 13 9781437714012 number in series 1 number of pages 922 publisher elsevier science health science div release date 62135769600000 series title clinics in perinatology