Extrauterine growth restriction remains a serious problem in prematurely born neonates

Pediatrics

Volumn 111, Issue 5 I, 2003, Pages 986-990

  Clark, Reese H ^a,b   Thomas, Pam ^a   Peabody, Joyce ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Neonate; Retrospective clinical study

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SURFACTANT;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APGAR SCORE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037967208     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.111.5.986     Document Type: Article

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