A 2-fold higher rate of intraventricular hemorrhage-related mortality in African American neonates and infants Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-53

  Qureshi, Adnan I ^a   Adil, Malik M ^a   Shafizadeh, Negin ^a   Majidi, Shahram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

African american; Infant; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Mortality; Neonate; White

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880069969     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.4.PEDS12568     Document Type: Article

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