Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) is associated with impaired neurodevelopmental
outcome in infancy. Information on the long-term cognitive and neurological consequences …

Mutations of genes involved in the innate immune system have been reported to be
associated with an increased sepsis rate in adults. We determined the− 159T mutation of the …

The authors describe a case of disseminated lipogranulomatosis (Farber disease)
presenting as nonimmune hydrops fetalis. This is the tenth lysosomal storage disease which …

Objective: To investigate whether recombinant erythropoietin (rhEPO) reduces the need for
transfusion in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants (birth weight 500-999 g) and to …

Aim: We present a longitudinal study on the neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants
with extremely low birth weight< 1000 g (ELBW) to answer the question at which age a …

Between 1912 and 1930, five newborns of" morphinists" were treated in our hospital, three
of whom died after massive vomiting and dystrophy due to neonatal withdrawal [17]. The …

Results: VLBW infants born in centers with SA (n= 713) had a significantly higher rate of
sepsis compared with VLBW infants born in centers with RA (n= 717), which was particularly …

Objective: To investigate whether a weekly 1500 IU/kg dose of recombinant human
erythropoietin (rhEPO) is more effective than a dose of 750 IU/kg/week in preventing anemia …

BACKGROUND. Recent investigations have reported an influence of thrombophilic
mutations and antithrombotic risk factors with development of intraventricular hemorrhage. It …

Twenty years after LIGGINS demonstrated improved lung expansion in preterm lambs
following maternal glucocorticoid treatment [22], and showed a reduction in neonatal …