General movements in the first fourteen days of life in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 763-768

  de Vries, N K S ^a   Erwich, J J H M ^b   Bos, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Optimality scores; Outcome; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 55049093306     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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