Antenatal management of the expectant mother and extreme preterm infant at the limits of viability

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Khan, R ^a   Burgoyne, L ^a   O'Connell, M ^a   Dempsey, E M ^a  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FETAL WELL BEING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NEONATOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449247276     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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