Neuronal Cell Death Mechanisms Relevant to Humans

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Chapter 2 - Neuronal Cell Death Mechanisms Relevant to Humans

Rethinking Modeling Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

from Section 1 - Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Pathogenesis of Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 December 2017

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David K. Stevenson: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
William E. Benitz: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Philip Sunshine: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Susan R. Hintz: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Maurice L. Druzin: Affiliation:
Stanford University, California

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Information: Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury , pp. 21 - 35

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