Outcome at 2 years of children 23-27 weeks' gestation born in Victoria in 1991-92

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Doyle, Lex W ^a   Bowman, Ellen ^b   Callanan, C ^b   Carse, Elizabeth ^b   Charlton, Margaret ^b   Drew, J ^b   Ford, G ^b   Fraser, S ^b   Halliday, J ^b   Hayes, M ^b   Kelly, Elaine ^b   McDougall, P ^b   Rickards, A ^b   Watkins, Andrew ^b   Woods, H ^b   Yu, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

disability; impairment; preterm; regional; survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030972767     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1997.tb01021.x     Document Type: Article

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