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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Newborn infant with lethargy, poor feeding, dehydration, hypothermia, hyperammonemia, neutropenia, and
D S Elfenbein1, E G Barness, H H Pomerance
1Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA.
American Journal of Medical Genetics
|October 20, 2000
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