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99mTc annexin V imaging of neonatal hypoxic brain injury.

D'Arceuil H, Rhine W, de Crespigny A, Yenari M, Tait JF, Strauss WH, Engelhorn T, Kastrup A, Moseley M, Blankenberg FG. Stroke. 2000; 31 (11): 2692-700

Delayed cell loss in neonates after cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII) is believed to be a major cause of cerebral palsy. In this study, we used radiolabeled annexin V, a marker of delayed cell loss (apoptosis), to image neonatal rabbits suffering from HII.

PubMedID: 11062296