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Karin B. Nelson
Researcher at Children's National Medical Center
Publications - 21
Citations - 1791
Karin B. Nelson is an academic researcher from Children's National Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cerebral palsy & Population. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1704 citations. Previous affiliations of Karin B. Nelson include National Institutes of Health.
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Can Magnesium Sulfate Reduce the Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Very Low Birthweight Infants
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether in utero exposure to magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) was associated with a lower prevalence of cerebral palsy (CP) in infants born weighing Design.
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Can Magnesium Sulfate Reduce the Risk of Cerebral Palsy in Very Low Birthweight Infants
TL;DR: In utero exposure to MgSO4 was more frequent in controls than in children with CP, suggesting a protective effect of M gSO4 against CP in these VLBW infants.
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Obstetric complications as risk factors for cerebral palsy or seizure disorders.
TL;DR: Neither the complications considered nor Apgar scores were important antecedents of nonfebrile seizure disorders in children free of CP.
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Perinatal risk factors in children with serious motor and mental handicaps.
Karin B. Nelson,Sarah H. Broman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, 50 children with marked neurological abnormality manifested by moderate or severe motor disability and severe mental retardation were compared with a large control population with respect to prospectively ascertained perinatal characteristics.
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The association of cerebral palsy with birth asphyxia: a definitional quagmire.
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to investigate whether current literature provides a useful body of evidence reflecting the proportion of cerebral palsy that is attributable to birth asphyxia.