Nucleated red blood cell count at birth as an index of perinatal brain damage

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1500-1505

  Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a   Perrone, Serafina ^b   Gioia, Dino ^b   Gatti, Maria Gabriella ^b   Massafra, Cosimo ^b   Agosta, Rosaria ^b   Bracci, Rodolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Developmental disability; Erythroblasts; Hypoxia; Neurology; Newborn infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033402726     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(99)70396-0     Document Type: Article

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