Avoidance of emergency surgery in newborn infants with trisomy 18

The Lancet

Volumn 339, Issue 8798, 1992, Pages 913-915

  Bos, A P ^a   Broers, C J M ^a   Hazebroek, F W J ^a   Tibboel, D ^a   Molenaar, J C ^a   van Hemel, J O ^a   Wesby van Swaay, E ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 18;

CASE STUDIES; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMERGENCY CARE; NETHERLANDS; UNCERTAINTY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRISOMY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0026561847     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(92)90940-5     Document Type: Article

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