Placental assessment provides insight into mechanisms and timing of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Joseph J Volpe^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Joseph J Volpe. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2019.

. 2019;12(2):113-116.

doi: 10.3233/NPM-190270.

Joseph J Volpe^{1

2}

¹ Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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Keywords: Neonatal encephalopathy; fetal vascular malperfusion; hypoxia-ischemia; placenta.

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The Placenta in Neonatal Encephalopathy: A Case-Control Study.
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