Outcomes of very low birth weight twins cared for in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network's intensive care units

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 742-749

  Donovan, E F ^a   Ehrenkranz, R A ^a   Shankaran, S ^a   Stevenson, D K ^a   Wright, L L ^a   Younes, N ^a   Fanaroff, A A ^a   Korones, S B ^a   Stoll, B J ^a   Tyson, J E ^a   Bauer, C R ^a   Lemons, J A ^a   Oh, W ^a   Papile, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Twins; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWIN PREGNANCY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031716539     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70075-4     Document Type: Article

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