Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , March 2010

Prolonged maternal magnesium administration and bone metabolism in neonates

  • Koji Yokoyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Naoto Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 285 58 7366; fax: +81 285 44 6123.
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  • Yukari Yada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Yasunori Koike

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Ryou Kawamata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Ritei Uehara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Yumi Kono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Yoko Honma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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  • Mariko Y. Momoi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan

Received 12 September 2009 ,Revised 17 February 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.02.007

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 3 , Pages 187-191 , March 2010

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