Vitamin A for preterm infants; where are we now?

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Mactier, Helen ^a  

^a a service for women with social problems Her interests focus on the effects of socioeconomic depriv   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Neonate; Retinol; Retinopathy of prematurity; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIPID EMULSION; LUNG SURFACTANT; RETINOL; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; REVIEW; VENTILATOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VISION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84892444739     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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