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Chorioamnionitis and brain injury.
Clinics in perinatology - 1 Dec 2002
Willoughby Rodney E, Nelson Karin B
Abstract excerpt
The limited available evidence supports a strong association of chorioamnionitis with neonatal encephalopathy and CP in the term infant. The association of chorioamnionitis with depressed Apgar scores or neonatal seizures and with CP is equivocal in the preterm infant. Different study results may be related to differences in study populations, perhaps specifically to differences in susceptibility by stages of...
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