Are babies with gastroschisis small for gestational age?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 580-582

  Blakelock, R T ^a,b   Upadhyay, V ^b   Pease, P W B ^b   Harding, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Gastroschisis; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS GROWTH; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030819256     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01371903     Document Type: Article

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