Patologìâ (Dec 2012)
Postnatal morphology of hematoencephalic barrier in hypoxic lesion
Abstract
In infants with perinatal hypoxic lesion of the central nervous system swelling and death of the endothelium, thickening of the capillary basement membranes, karyorrhexis and plasmorrhexis of astrocytes are observed. The severity and degree of pathological changes depends on the time of hypoxic exposure (antenatal or intrapartum period) and the term of postnatal life.
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