Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants: Incidence, Relation to Pulmonary Disease and Management

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 1972, Pages 473-477

  Kitterman, Joseph A ^a   Edmunds, L Henry ^a   Gregory, George A ^a   Heymann, Michael A ^a   Tooley, William H ^a   Rudolph, Abraham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0015497062     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197209072871001     Document Type: Article

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