Nucleated red blood cells in growth-restricted fetuses: Associations with short-term neonatal outcome

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-169

  Minior, Victoria K ^b   Bernstein, Peter S ^a   Divon, Michael Y ^a,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Nucleated red blood cells; Perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034107804     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020998     Document Type: Article

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