In-utero transfer is too difficult: Results from a prospective study

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-150

  Gale, C ^a,b   Hay, A ^c   Philipp, C ^a   Khan, R ^b   Santhakumaran, S ^d   Ratnavel, N ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In utero transfer; Patient transfer; Post natal transfer; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84857113532     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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