Trends in incidence of cranial ultrasound lesions and cerebral palsy in very low birthweight infants 1982-93

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Cooke, Richard W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal corticosteroid; Cerebral haemorrhage; Cerebral palsy; Cranial ultrasound; Very low birthweight

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032992710     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.2.F115     Document Type: Article

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