Risk factors and ultrasonographic profile of posterior fossa haemorrhages in preterm infants

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Sehgal, Arvind ^a,b   El Naggar, Walid ^b   Glanc, Phyllis ^c,d   Asztalos, Elizabeth ^b,d  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Posterior fossa haemorrhage; Preterm

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTROPHIN 1; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65349186615     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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