Improved outcome of extremely premature infants in the 1990s

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 568-571

  Paranka, Michael S ^a   Yoder, Bradley A ^a   Brehm, Walter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032838666     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.8.568     Document Type: Article

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