Does peripartum infection increase the incidence of cerebral palsy in extremely low birthweight infants?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Costantine, Maged M ^a   How, Helen Y ^a   Coppage, Kristin ^a   Maxwell, Rose A ^a   Sibai, Baha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; chorioamnionitis; extremely low birthweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PREDICTION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 34247204219     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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