Clinical Presentations of Neonatal Shock: The VLBW Infant during the First Postnatal Day

Hemodynamics and Cardiology: Neonatology Questions and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-177

  Kluckow, Martin ^a,b   Seri, Istvan ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d USC Division of Neonatal Medicine   (United States)

^e WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 84903652312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3162-8.10008-9     Document Type: Chapter

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