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Abnormalities of the Fetal Cerebral Parenchyma: Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Lesions

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A number of situations can lead to an impairment of fetal brain perfusion. Schematically, these causes can be of placental, maternal (hypovolaemic shock, hypoxia, abdominal trauma, hypo- or hypertension, drug use) or fetal (infection, anasarca) origin [1, 2]. Aside from these risk situations, one must also consider the monochorial multiple pregnancies, either when one of the fetuses dies in utero, or in the context of a twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) [3].

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Garel, C. (2004). Abnormalities of the Fetal Cerebral Parenchyma: Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Lesions. In: MRI of the Fetal Brain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18747-6_15

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