Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 151-155 , June 2006

Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Hypotension in ELBW Infants

  • Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Avroy A. Fanaroff, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Gertrude Lee Chandler Tucker Professor, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.
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  • Jonathan M. Fanaroff, MD, JD

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PII: S0146-0005(06)00062-0

doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.04.006

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 151-155 , June 2006

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