Umbilical artery blood gas and lactate in healthy newborns

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-392

  Chanrachakul, Boonsri ^a   Chua, Selina ^a   Nordström, Lennart ^a   Yam, John ^a   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Lactate; Newborns; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041705118     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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