Risk of early onset neonatal septicemia in babies born to mothers with pre-eclampsia

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 775-779

  Bhaumik, S ^a   Ghosh, Sibarjun ^a,c   Haldar, K K ^a   Mitra, P K ^a   Manna, B ^b  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c F/6 Banaphool Abasan ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEPSIS;

EID: 0034230741     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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