The chest radiograph appearances of very premature infants at 36 weeks post-conceptional age

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 868, 2000, Pages 366-369

  Greenough, A ^a   Dimitriou, G ^a   Johnson, A H ^b   Calvert, S ^b   Peacock, J ^c   Karani, J ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG INFLATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034013276     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.73.868.10844861     Document Type: Article

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