Infants with birth weight 1,000-1,499 grams born in three time periods: Has outcome changed over time?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 537-546

  Piecuch, Robert E ^a,c   Leonard, Carol H ^a   Cooper, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; TIME;

EID: 0031751762     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700903     Document Type: Article

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