## Abstract Cerebral palsy is a major health problem caused by brain damage during pregnancy, delivery, or the immediate postnatal period. Perinatal stroke, intraventricular hemorrhage, and asphyxia are the most common causes of neonatal brain damage. Periventricular white matter damage (periventri
Stem cells and neonatal brain injury
β Scribed by Tomoaki Ikeda
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 331
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-766X
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