Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 216-222 , August 2010

Resuscitation of the term and preterm infant

  • M. Vento

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal Research Unit, Division of Neonatology, University Hospital La Fe, Avenida de Campanar 21, E 46009 Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 96 3862791; fax: +34 96 1973408.
    • ,
  • O.D. Saugstad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Research, Oslo University, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, 0027 Oslo, Norway

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doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2010.03.008

Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 216-222 , August 2010

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