Two-year outcome of infants weighing 600 grams or less at birth and born 1994 through 1998

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-23

  Sweet, Matthew P ^a,b   Hodgman, Joan E ^a,b   Pena, Ivette ^a,b   Barton, Lorayne ^a,b   Pavlova, Zdena ^a,b   Ramanathan, Rangasamy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLACENTA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037220019     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02451-1     Document Type: Article

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