Decrease in frequency of cerebral palsy in preterm infants

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9555, 2007, Pages 7-8

  Hack, Maureen ^a   Costello, Deanne Wilson ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR;

EID: 33845904131     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60006-3     Document Type: Note

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