Two years outcome of very pre-term and very low birthweight infants in Switzerland

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 133, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Bucher, H U ^a   Ochsner, Y ^b   Fauchere J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Impairment; Mortality; Outcome; Very low birthweight infants; Very pre term infants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037425715     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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