Influence of chorioamnionitis on developmental outcome in very low birth weight infants

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Dexter, Scott C ^a   Malee, Maureen P ^a   Pinar, Halit ^a   Hogan, Joseph W ^a   Carpenter, Marshall W ^b   Vohr, Betty R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032806718     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00319-1     Document Type: Article

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