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Chapter 44 - Early Outcomes after Extremely Preterm Birth

from Section 4 - Specific Conditions Associated with Fetal and Neonatal Brain Injury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

David K. Stevenson
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Stanford University, California
William E. Benitz
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Stanford University, California
Philip Sunshine
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Stanford University, California
Susan R. Hintz
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Stanford University, California
Maurice L. Druzin
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Stanford University, California
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