Outcome after preterm birth

Annales Nestle

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 39-56

  Farooqi, Aijaz ^a   Serenius, Fredrik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; DISABILITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 33645049104     PISSN: 05178606     EISSN: 16614011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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