Improving survival of extremely preterm infants born between 22 and 25 weeks of gestation

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-800

  Kyser, Kathy L ^a,b   Morriss, Frank H ^a,b   Bell, Edward F ^a,b   Klein, Jonathan M ^a,b   Dagle, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOCOLYSIS;

EID: 84859091749     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31824b1a03     Document Type: Article

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