Vitamin A to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very-low-birth-weight infants: Has the dose been too low?

Early Human Development

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Kennedy, Kathleen A ^a   Stoll, Barbara J ^b   Ehrenkranz, Richard A ^c   Oh, William ^d   Wright, Linda L ^e   Stevenson, David K ^f   Lemons, James A ^g   Sowell, Anne ^h   Mele, Lisa ⁱ   Tyson, Jon E ^a   Verter, Joel ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia; Chronic lung disease; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META-ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0030918635     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(97)01869-0     Document Type: Article

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