A clinically defined syndrome of disturbed neurological function occurring during the first week of life manifested by seizures, abnormal consciousness, difficulty maintaining respiration, difficulty feeding and abnormal tone and reflexes. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy without evidence of causation by hypoxia-ischemia.
See Anoxia, Cerebral palsy, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy