Long-term outcome of brain structure in premature infants: Effects of liberal vs restricted red blood cell transfusions

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 443-450

  Nopoulos, Peg C ^a   Conrad, Amy L ^a   Bell, Edward F ^a   Strauss, Ronald G ^a   Widness, John A ^a   Magnotta, Vincent A ^a   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^b   Georgieff, Michael K ^c   Lindgren, Scott D ^a   Richman, Lynn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCORTEX; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA, NEONATAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955558491     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.269     Document Type: Article

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