Neonatal Outcome after Active Perinatal Management of the Very Premature Infant between 23 and 27 Weeks Gestation

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-443

  Kramer, Wayne B ^a,b   Saade, George R ^a   Goodrum, Linda ^a   Montgomery, Lynn ^a   Belfort, Michael ^a   Moise Jr , Kenneth J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; NEONATAL NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031261567     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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