Preterm birth, cerebral palsy and magnesium

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-147

  Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Rouse, Dwight J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNESIUM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0031051877     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0297-146     Document Type: Short Survey

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