Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 5 , Pages 285-291 , May 2007

The corrected blood urea nitrogen predicts the developmental quotient of extremely low-birth-weight infants at the corrected age of 36 months

  • Ken Nagaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical College, ZIP 078-8510, 2-1-1-1 Midorigaoka-higashi, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 166 65 2111; fax: +81 166 68 2489.
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  • Shinya Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatal Medicine, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroyuki Kitajima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatal Medicine, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Masanori Fujimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neonatal Medicine, Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

,Accepted 1 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.06.002

Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 5 , Pages 285-291 , May 2007

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