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Mervyn Susser
Researcher at Boston Children's Hospital
Publications - 3
Citations - 651
Mervyn Susser is an academic researcher from Boston Children's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Low birth weight & Cerebral palsy. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 642 citations. Previous affiliations of Mervyn Susser include University of Pennsylvania.
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Maternal infection, fetal inflammatory response, and brain damage in very low birth weight infants
Alan Leviton,Alan Leviton,Nigel Paneth,M.Lynne Reuss,Mervyn Susser,Elizabeth N. Allred,Olaf Dammann,Olaf Dammann,Karl C K Kuban,Karl C K Kuban,Linda J. Van Marter,Marcello Pagano,Thomas Hegyi,Mark Hiatt,Ulana Sanocka,Farrokh Shahrivar,Farrokh Shahrivar,Michael M. Abiri,Michael M. Abiri,Donald N. DiSalvo,Donald N. DiSalvo,Peter M. Doubilet,Peter M. Doubilet,Ram Kairam,Ram Kairam,Elias Kazam,Elias Kazam,Elias Kazam,Madhuri Kirpekar,Madhuri Kirpekar,David Rosenfeld,Steven Schonfeld,Jane Share,Margaret H. Collins,David R. Genest,David R. Genest,Debra S. Heller,Susan Shen-Schwarz +37 more
TL;DR: Echolucent images of cerebral white matter, seen on cranial ultrasonographic scans of very low birth weight newborns, predict motor and cognitive limitations and indicators of maternal infection and of a fetal inflammatory response are strongly and independently associated with EL.
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Cranial Ultrasound Prediction of Disabling and Nondisabling Cerebral Palsy at Age Two in a Low Birth Weight Population
Jennifer Pinto-Martin,Stephanie Riolo,Avital Cnaan,Claudia Holzman,Mervyn Susser,Nigel Paneth +5 more
TL;DR: Among perinatal and postnatal factors, cranial US abnormalities are by far the most powerful predictors of disabling CP in low birth weight infants and NDCP in lowBirth weight infants appears to have a different risk profile than DCP.