Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 151-162 , March 2004

Fetal stroke

  • Koray Özduman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery at Marmara University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Barbara R Pober, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Department of Genetics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick Barnes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
    • ,
  • Joshua A Copel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Eileen A Ogle, PA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Charles C Duncan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Laura R Ment, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Department of Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Ment; Department of Pediatrics; Yale University School of Medicine; 333 Cedar Street; New Haven, CT 06510, USA.

Received 22 May 2003 ,Accepted 26 August 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2003.08.004

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 151-162 , March 2004

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