Neonatal survival and disability rate at age 18 months for infants born between 23 and 28 weeks of gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 833-838

  Lefebvre, F ^a   Glorieux, J ^a   St Laurent Gagaon, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremely low gestational age; neonatal outcome; premature infants; very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FETUS MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029947278     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70309-5     Document Type: Article

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