Improved outcome into the 1990s for infants weighing 500-999 g at birth

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Doyle, Lex W ^a,f   Bowman, Ellen ^a   Callanan, Catherine ^a   Carse, Elizabeth ^b   Charlton, Margaret P ^b   Drew, John ^c   Ford, Geoffrey ^a   Fraser, Simon ^c   Halliday, Jane ^d   Hayes, Marie ^b   Kelly, Elaine ^c   McDougall, Peter ^e   Rickards, Anne ^a   Watkins, Andrew ^c   Woods, Heather ^c   Yu, Victor ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^d Vic Perinatal Data Collection Unit   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disability; Extremely low birthweight; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 7144256232     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.77.2.F91     Document Type: Article

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