Organisation of obstetric services for very preterm births in Europe: Results from the MOSAIC project

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1364-1372

  Blondel, B ^a   Papiernik, E ^b,g   Delmas, D ^a,g   Kunzel W ^c,g   Weber, T ^d,g   Maier, R F ^e   Kollee L ^f,g   Zeitlin, J ^a   Martens, E ^g   Martens, G ^g   Van Reempts, P ^g   Boerch, K ^g   Peitersen, B ^g   Breart G ^a,g   Chabernaud, J L ^g   Jarreau, P H ^g   Gortner, L ^g   Maier, R ^g   Misselwitz, B ^g   Schmidt, S ^g   Agostino, R ^g   Di Lallo, D ^g   Paesano, R ^g   den Ouden, L ^g   Visser, G ^g   Gerrits, J ^g   de Heus, R ^g   Breborowicz, G ^g   Gadzinowski, J ^g   Mazela, J ^g   Barros, H ^g   Campos, I ^g   Carrapato, M ^g   Draper, E ^g   Field, D ^g   Konje, J ^g   Fenton, A ^g   Milligan, D ^g   Sturgiss, S ^g   Pilkington, H ^a   Cuttini, M ^g   Petrou, S ^g   more..

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g NONE

Author keywords

In utero transfer; Regionalisation; Very preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION;

EID: 68849098400     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02239.x     Document Type: Article

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