Necrotizing fasciitis of the scalp in a newborn

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 2 II, 2006, Pages 461-463

  Davey, Cecile ^a   Moore, Aideen M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS SCALP ELECTRODE MONITORING; HUMAN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; SKIN DISEASE;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 33645455571     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000164094.02571.77     Document Type: Article

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