Committee opinion no. 543: Timing of umbilical cord clamping after birth

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1522-1526

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN CARE; PLACENTA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84870220880     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000423817.47165.48     Document Type: Review

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