Pathophysiology of Perinatal Hypoxic-ischemic Brain Damage

  • Robert C. Vannucci
  • Fred Plum
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Abstract

Impaired learning, cerebral palsy, and other forms of limited or abnormal neurological development blight the lives of an estimated 10% of children in Western society. Although the mechanisms for a substantial percentage of these abnormalities in development are at least partly explained by alreadyknown anatomical or chemical disorders, the causes for many of the cases remain elusive (Fig. 1). Among the known causes of mental and physical retardation, perinatal anoxic-ischemic injury ranks high, and we review here the present understanding and some of the known problems of this important cause of human disability.

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Oxygen Consumption Cerebral Blood Flow Cerebral Palsy Fetal Brain Brain Damage 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Robert C. Vannucci
    • 1
  • Fred Plum
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of NeurologyNew York Hospital-Cornell Medical CenterNew YorkUSA

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