The outcome for infants born at extreme prematurity

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-112

  Gibson, A T ^a  

^a JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0043191322     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(98)80129-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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