Outcomes for the Extremely Premature Infant: What Is New? and Where Are We Going?

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Robertson, Charlene M T ^a,b   Watt, Man Joe ^a,b   Dinu, Irina A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DECISION MAKING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59749106148     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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