Symptomatic Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Term Newborn Infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-446

  Al Tawil, Khalil ^a   Abu Ekteish, Faisal M ^a   Tamimi, Omar ^a   Al Hathal, Muneef M ^a   Al Hathlol, Khalid ^a   Abu Laimun, Bdeir ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Newborn; Pneumothorax; Spontaneous; Term

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; SAUDI ARABIA; URINARY TRACT; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL;

EID: 2442519431     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10447     Document Type: Article

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