Anaesthetics, infants, and neurodevelopment: Case closed?

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10015, 2016, Pages 202-204

  Warner, David O ^a   Flick, Randall P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84954304447     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00669-8     Document Type: Note

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