Timing of delivery for pregnancies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1658-1662

  Hutcheon, J A ^a   Butler, B ^a   Lisonkova, S ^a   Marquette, G P ^a   Mayer, C ^a   Skoll, A ^a   Joseph, K S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital abnormalities; delivery obstetric; diaphragmatic hernia; infant mortality; neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649279004     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02738.x     Document Type: Article

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