Abstract
In the last few years there have been significant advances in the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for neonatal brain injury. At the same time, ultrasound techniques have continued to improve at a dramatic pace allowing us to identify flow in sub-millimeter arteries and in the main venous drainage pathways of the brain. This presentation will review some of the new findings related to the pathophysiology of cerebrovascular injury in the newborn and how they relate to cranial sonographic findings.
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Taylor, G.A. (1999). Pathophysiology and Sonographic Correlates of Neonatal Brain Injury. In: Bar-Ziv, J., Horev, G., Kalifa, G. (eds) Highlights of Pediatric Radiology. Syllabus. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2253-9_8
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