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Chronic foetal hypoxaemia does not cause elevation of serum markers of brain injury.

Camilla OmannKendall M LawrenceMallory L HuntJames K MoonJamuna BuchananDaniel J LichtRichard F IttenbachPatrick McGovernJonathan M ChenMarcus DaveyVibeke E HjortdalAlan W FlakeJ William Gaynor
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2021)
Chronic foetal hypoxaemia during mid-gestation is not associated with elevated serum levels of acute white matter (Myelin Basic Protein) or astrocyte injury (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein), in this model. In conjunction with our previously reported findings, our data support the hypothesis that the brain dysmaturity with impaired myelination found in fetuses with chronic hypoxaemia is caused by disruption of normal developmental pathways rather than by direct cellular injury.
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