Childhood outcomes after prescription of antibiotics to pregnant women with spontaneous preterm labour: 7-year follow-up of the ORACLE II trial

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9646, 2008, Pages 1319-1327

  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;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 53249154636     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61203-9     Document Type: Article

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