Vitamin K deficiency bleeding and early infant male circumcision in Africa

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 122, Issue 2 PART2, 2013, Pages 503-505

  Plank, Rebeca M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Steinmetz, Tara ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sokal, David C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Shearer, Martin J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Data, Santorino ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOMENADIONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLEEDING TIME; BOTSWANA; CASE REPORT; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VITAMIN K 1; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84880926664     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828b2f5c     Document Type: Article

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