Vitamin C supplementation in very preterm infants: A randomised controlled trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Darlow, B A ^a   Buss, H ^a   McGill, F ^a   Fletcher, L ^a   Graham, P ^a   Winterbourn, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 14744291332     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.056440     Document Type: Article

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