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Brief Historical Background

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Describe brief historical information on the study of birth trauma from the sixteenth century to the present day. Particular attention is drawn to the research of Cruveilhier, Virchow, Schwartz, Beneke, and Siegmund. The history of studying of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is presented in more detail. Parrot substantiates merit in the first specification foci PVL. The author’s achievements in the modern study of PVL are presented.

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Vlasyuk, V.V. (2019). Brief Historical Background. In: Birth Trauma and Perinatal Brain Damage. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93441-9_2

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