Cause-specific mortality of very preterm infants and antenatal events

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Corchia, Carlo ^a   Ferrante, Pierpaolo ^b   Da Fre, Monica ^c   Di Lallo, Domenico ^d   Gagliardi, Luigi ^e   Carnielli, Virgilio ^f   Miniaci, Silvana ^g   Piga, Simone ^b   Macagno, Francesco ^h   Cuttini, Marina ^b  

^a International Center on Birth Defects and Prematurity   (United Kingdom)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Health Agency of Tuscany Region   (Italy)

^d Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Versilia   (Italy)

^f Regional Center for Diabetes in Children and Adolescents   (Italy)

^g PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTHPLACE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84880571199     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.11.093     Document Type: Article

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