The neorule: A new instrument to measure linear growth in preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Lawn, C J ^a,b   Chavasse, R J ^b,c   Booth, K A ^b   Angeles, M ^c   Weir, F J ^b  

^a Middle House   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSAFETY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3042833183     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.019448     Document Type: Article

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