TY - JOUR
T1 - Birth-Related Injury to the Head and Cervical Spine in Neonates
AU - Tekes, Aylin
AU - Pinto, Pedro S.
AU - Huisman, Thierry A.G.M.
PY - 2011/11/1
Y1 - 2011/11/1
N2 - Birth-related injury is defined as any traumatic or ischemic event sustained during the process of delivery. Perinatally acquired disease processes secondary to birth-related injury can be traumatic or ischemic in nature. In this article, the authors focus on traumatic/mechanical injuries. Other diseases of the perinatal time period, including germinal matrix hemorrhages and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, are beyond the objective of this review.
AB - Birth-related injury is defined as any traumatic or ischemic event sustained during the process of delivery. Perinatally acquired disease processes secondary to birth-related injury can be traumatic or ischemic in nature. In this article, the authors focus on traumatic/mechanical injuries. Other diseases of the perinatal time period, including germinal matrix hemorrhages and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, are beyond the objective of this review.
KW - Head and cervical spine
KW - Mechanical birth injury
KW - Neonate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mric.2011.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.mric.2011.08.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22082737
AN - SCOPUS:82755189126
SN - 1064-9689
VL - 19
SP - 777
EP - 790
JO - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
JF - Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -