Neonatal autopsies: A 10-year experience

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-42

  Kumar, Praveen ^a,b   Angst, Denise B ^a   Taxy, Jerome ^a   Mangurten, Henry H ^a  

^a Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0033970446     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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