Sex differences in intraventricular hemorrhage rates among very low birth weight newborns

Gender Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Cuestas, Eduardo ^a   Bas, Jose ^a   Pautasso, Josefina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

gender; intraventricular hemorrhage; newborns; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ARGENTINA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68549132534     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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