Effects of theophylline administration and intracranial abnormalities on protective head turning response in preterm infants

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-206

  Wasunna, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; TIME;

APNEA; BRAIN; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOVEMENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041883563     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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