Effect of birth weight on the association between necrotising enterocolitis and red blood cell transfusions in ≤1500 g infants

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Elabiad, Mohamad Tammam ^a   Harsono, Mimily ^a   Talati, Ajay J ^a   Dhanireddy, Ramasubbareddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84890385945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003823     Document Type: Article

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