Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145 , April 2006

Evaluation of neonatal intensive care for extremely-low-birth-weight infants

  • Lex W. Doyle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, 132 Grattan St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
    • University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Royal Women's Hospital, 132 Grattan St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Tel.: +61 3 9344 2151; fax: +61 3 9347 1761.

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.11.009

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145 , April 2006

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