Extreme prematurity - The continuing dilemma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-72

  Vohr, Betty R ^a   Allen, Marilee ^b  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PARENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 11344287007     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048323     Document Type: Editorial

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