Prenatal events and the risk of cerebral palsy in very low birth weight infants

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 362-369

  O'Shea, T Michael ^a   Klinepeter, Kurt L ^a   Dillard, Robert G ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Chorioamnionitis; Infant; Pre eclampsia; Premature; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUADRIPLEGIA; RISK FACTOR; VAGINA BLEEDING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032519998     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009458     Document Type: Article

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