American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 4 , Pages 1305-1310 , October 2004

Neonatal cerebral white matter injury in preterm infants is associated with culture positive infections and only rarely with metabolic acidosis

  • Ernest M. Graham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Cynthia J. Holcroft, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Karishma K. Rai, BA

      Affiliations

    • Ross Medical School, Dominica, West Indies
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  • Pamela K. Donohue, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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  • Marilee C. Allen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md

Received 2 February 2004 ,Revised 22 May 2004 ,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, February 2-7, 2004, New Orleans, La.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00658-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.058

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 4 , Pages 1305-1310 , October 2004

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