Outcome of very-low-birth-weight infants in a developing country: A prospective study from the western region of Turkey

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-58

  Duman, N ^a   Kumral, A ^a   Gulcan H ^a   Ozkan H ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Developing country; Outcomes; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037275037     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.13.1.54.58     Document Type: Article

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