Published in Eur J Epidemiol on September 28, 2007
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The Neonatal European Study of Inhaled Steroids (NEUROSIS): an eu-funded international randomised controlled trial in preterm infants. Neonatology (2009) 0.82
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Detection of respiratory events using pulse rate in children with and without obstructive sleep apnea. Pediatr Pulmonol (2010) 0.78
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Reducing alarms in the NICU. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed (2017) 0.75
Reticulocyte Haemoglobin Content Declines More Markedly in Preterm than in Term Infants in the First Days after Birth. Neonatology (2017) 0.75
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