Factors associated with small head circumference at birth among infants born before the 28th week

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138.e1-138.e8

  McElrath, Thomas F ^a   Allred, Elizabeth N ^b   Kuban, Karl ^d   Hecht, Jonathan L ^c   Onderdonk, Andrew ^a   O'Shea, T Michael ^e   Paneth, Nigel ^f   Leviton, Alan ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme prematurity; head size; intrauterine growth restriction; microcephaly

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE; MAGNESIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 77955659238     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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