Two sides of the same coin: distinguishing the role of fetal versus maternal placental pathology on brain injury of prematurity

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Neurology & Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. dawn.gano@ucsf.edu.

Jeffrey B Russ et al. Pediatr Res. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 18.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-04299-0. Online ahead of print.

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Neurology & Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. dawn.gano@ucsf.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Dawn Gano serves as an Associate Editor at Pediatric Research. The authors declare no competing interests.

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