West syndrome in extremely preterm infants: Its relation to postnatal events

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Okumura, A ^a   Suzuki, M ^b   Kubota, T ^c   Hisada, K ^a   Kidokoro, H ^c   Kato, T ^b   Hayakawa, F ^b   Shimizu, T ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^c ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; OLIGURIA; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEST SYNDROME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 47849111472     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.134189     Document Type: Letter

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