Classification of Newborn Encephalopathy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-6-6-1

Keywords:

Newborn Encephalopathy, Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Metabolic Disorders

Abstract

Investigators from the Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston and the Neuroepidemiology Branch, Bethesda take issue with the terms hypoxic-ischemic and post-asphyxial encephalopathy when the etiology is frequently in doubt.

Published

1992-06-01

Issue

Section

Neonatal Disorders