Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 329-338 , June 2010

Epidemiology of neonatal encephalopathy and hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy

  • Jennifer J. Kurinczuk

      Affiliations

    • National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1865 289700; fax: + 44 1865 289701.
    • ,
  • Melanie White-Koning

      Affiliations

    • Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques, 31962 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
    • Tel.: +33 567 22 25 51; fax: +33 561 42 46 31.
    • ,
  • Nadia Badawi

      Affiliations

    • The Cerebral Palsy Institute, The Spastic Centre and the University of Notre Dame, Australia
    • Grace Centre for Newborn Care, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, the University of Sydney, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 2 98452715; fax: +61 2 98452251.

,Accepted 7 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.05.010

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 329-338 , June 2010

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