The relationship between nucleated red blood cell counts and early-onset neonatal seizures

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1452-1457

  Blackwell, Sean C ^a   Refuerzo, Jerrie S ^b   Wolfe, Honor M ^b   Hassan, Sonia S ^b   Berry, Stanley M ^b   Sokol, Robert J ^b   Sorokin, Yoram ^b  

^a HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intrapartum asphyxia; Neonatal seizures; Nucleated red blood cell count

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033932912     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.106854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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