Survival of very preterm infants: Epipage, a population based cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Larroque, B ^a   Breart G ^a   Kaminski, M ^a   Dehan, M ^b   Andre M ^c   Burguet, A ^d   Grandjean, H ^a   Ledesert B ^e   Leveque C ^f   Maillard, F ^a   Matis, J ^g   Roze J C ^h   Truffert, P ⁱ  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^e Observ Rég de la S   (France)

^f HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^g HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^h Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

ⁱ LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY ROOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; POPULATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL;

EID: 12144288245     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.020396     Document Type: Article

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