Maternal antibiotics and decreased periventricular leukomalacia in very low-birth-weight infants

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Paul, David A ^a,b,c   Coleman, Mae M ^a,b   Leef, Kathleen H ^a   Tuttle, Deborah ^a,b   Stefano, John L ^a,b  

^a CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037298802     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.2.145     Document Type: Article

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