Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2004

Outcome of very low birth weight infants with sonographic enlarged occipital horn

  • Mei-Ping Tang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Chieh Chou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Nien Tsao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuo-Inn Tsou, MD

      Affiliations

    • College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University and Department of Pediatrics, Cardinal Tien Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wu-Shiun Hsieh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Hsieh; Department of Pediatrics; National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine; No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road; Taipei, Taiwan.

Received 2 July 2002 ,Accepted 19 June 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00411-9

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 42-45 , January 2004

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