Two-year outcomes from very low birthweight infants in a geographically defined population across 10 years, 1993-2002: Comparing 1993-1997 with 1998-2002

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  D'Amore, A ^a   Broster, S ^a   Le Fort, W ^b   Curley, A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Ida Darwin Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CAREGIVERS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79954499511     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.171876     Document Type: Article

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