How common are rib fractures in extremely low birth weight preterm infants?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Smurthwaite, D ^a   Wright, N B ^b   Russell, S ^a   Emmerson, A J ^a   Mughal, M Z ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FRACTURE HEALING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 61449219882     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.136853     Document Type: Article

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