Nucleated red blood cell counts in the first week of life: a critical appraisal of relationships with perinatal outcome in preterm growth-restricted neonates

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286.e1-286.e8

  Baschat, Ahmet A ^a   Gungor, Sadettin ^a   Kush, Michelle L ^a   Berg, Christoph ^b   Gembruch, Ulrich ^b   Harman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

fetus; growth restriction; nucleated red blood cells; perinatal outcome

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548437670     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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