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Chapter 32 - Neurologic Sequelae of Congenital and Perinatal Infections

from Section 4 - Specific Conditions Associated with Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

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Scott H. James ,
Kathleen Gutierrez  and
David W. Kimberlin
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David K. Stevenson ,
William E. Benitz ,
Philip Sunshine ,
Susan R. Hintz  and
Maurice L. Druzin
David K. Stevenson
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Stanford University, California
William E. Benitz
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Stanford University, California
Philip Sunshine
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Susan R. Hintz
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