Management of the neonate at the limits of viability: The Dutch viewpoint

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 13-16

  Verloove Vanhorick, S P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Guidelines; Preterm delivery; Treatment; Viability

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33845635071     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01119.x     Document Type: Review

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