Gestational age-specific sex difference in mortality and morbidities of preterm infants: A nationwide study
Abstract This study aims to determine whether male sex has adverse effect on mortality and morbidities in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) <30 weeks of gestation and to ascertain this sex effect, stratified by gestational age, adjusting for perinatal risk factors. This is a population-based...
Main Authors: | So-Yeon Shim, Su Jin Cho, Kyoung Ae Kong, Eun Ae Park |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06490-8 |
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