Preventing sepsis in VLBW infants: Experience from neonatal networks and voluntary surveillance systems

NeoReviews

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Valls i Soler, Adolf ^a   Madrid, Marisela ^a   Geffers, Christine ^b   Hummler, Helmut D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 77958029426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.11-8-e403     Document Type: Article

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