Periventricular leukomalacia in premature infants in Mainland China

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 535-540

  Liu, Jing ^a   Li, Jian ^a   Qin, Gui Lian ^b   Chen, Yan Hua ^b   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Qinhuangdao Maternity and Infants Hospital ^*  (China)

Author keywords

High risk factors; Intracranial ultrasound; Mainland China; Periventricular leukomalacia; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 55449099563     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083841     Document Type: Article

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