If tocolytic magnesium sulfate is associated with excess total pediatric mortality, what is its impact?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 308-311

  Mittendorf, Robert ^a,b   Pryde, Peter ^a   Khoshnood, Babak ^a   Lee, Kwang Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032145390     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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