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  Vol. 58 No. 7, July 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Brain Damage in the Newborn and Its Neurological Sequels: Pathologic and Clinical Correlation

by Abraham Towbin, MD, 764 pp, with 673 illus, $302, ISBN 0-9660551-0-1, Danvers, Mass, PRM Publishing Co, 1998.

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:1164.

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This landmark textbook was written by Dr Abraham Towbin, a neuropathologist with extensive clinical experience in neurology. Dr Towbin has spent the past 40 years in research devoted to better understanding the pathophysiology of neonatal brain injury. This text is an in-depth examination of brain damage in the fetus and neonate. There is no other text like this on the market.

Brain Damage in the Newborn and Its Neurological Sequels is divided into 2 parts: part 1 discusses the mechanisms involved in brain injury, and part 2 is devoted to case studies. The book contains 673 superb illustrations of gross and microscopic pathologic findings, magnetic resonance imagery, and computed tomography results. In part 1, the various mechanisms of brain injury are examined, such as hypoxia, infectious diseases, maternal factors, placental factors, and congenital malformations. The consequences of brain injury are also examined, with an emphasis on the pathophysiology involved in . . . [Full Text of this Article]







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