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**Some hypoxic injuries that are prenatal do not occur after birth. | **Some hypoxic injuries that are prenatal do not occur after birth. | ||
**Hypoxic-ischemic insults are predominantly in the white matter. | **Hypoxic-ischemic insults are predominantly in the white matter. | ||
===Germinal matrix hemorrhage=== | |||
*Arises from the ''germinal matrix'', the tissue from which neurons and glial arise from.<ref name=pmid19816235>{{cite journal |author=Ballabh P |title=Intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants: mechanism of disease |journal=Pediatr. Res. |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |year=2010 |month=January |pmid=19816235 |pmc=2799187 |doi=10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181c1b176 |url=}}</ref> | |||
**Location: periventricular; may cause an intraventricular hemorrhage. | |||
***Image: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799187/figure/F1/ Germinal matrix (nlm.nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid19816235/> | |||
*The germinal matrix is thought to be intrinsically fragile and is especially so in premature infants. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||