Prognosis of very-low-birthweight babies: Destiny or lottery?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1027-1028

  Greisen, G ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ASTHMA; CHILD REARING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036399256     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352502760311485     Document Type: Note

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