Early outcome of extremely low birth weight infants in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 471-476

  Tsao, Po Nien ^a   Teng, Ru Jeng ^a   Wu, Tzong Jin ^b   Tang, Jen Ruey ^a   Yau, Kuo Inn Tsou ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Extremely low birth weight; Morbidity; Mortality; Neonatal survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; TAIWAN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031849273     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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