[Neuropsychological consequences of perinatal asphyxia]

Perinatal asphyxia has been classically related to important neurological diseases such as cerebral palsy, but it it also stated that a high percentage of child with a good outcome did not show any sequelae. We reviewed cerebral lesions demonstrated by post-mortem analysis and the structural MRI contributions to the anatomo-functional correlates. The most frequent neuropsychological disturbances showed by these patients in the general intelligence, perceptive functions, memory and emotional and social behavior were also summarized.