The EPICure study: Growth and blood pressure at 6 years of age following extremely preterm birth

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bracewell, M A ^a   Hennessy, E M ^b   Wolke, D ^c   Marlow, N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD CARE; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 41449090211     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.118596     Document Type: Article

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