Vulnerability of preterm males to adverse obstetric factors

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 496-497

  Johnston, Michael V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3;

CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL PALSY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67049155385     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03279.x     Document Type: Note

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