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Clinical Aspects and Treatment of the Hypoxic-Ischemic Syndrome

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In the Western world, perinatal asphyxia is still a relatively common phenomenon in perinatal care. Since differences in causes and patterns of brain injury following perinatal asphyxia exist between full-term and preterm neonates, this chapter will focus on full-term neonates.

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Groenendaal, F., van Bel, F. (2012). Clinical Aspects and Treatment of the Hypoxic-Ischemic Syndrome. In: Buonocore, G., Bracci, R., Weindling, M. (eds) Neonatology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1405-3_136

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