Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with preterm rupture of the membranes: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE I trial

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9646, 2008, Pages 1310-1318

  Kenyon, S ^a   Pike, K ^a   Jones, DR ^a   Brocklehurst, P ^b   Marlow, N ^c   Salt, A ^d   Taylor, DJ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MONOTHERAPY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WRITING;

EID: 53249140301     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61202-7     Document Type: Article

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