A randomized, controlled trial of very early prophylactic ligation of the ductus arteriosus in babies who weighed 1000 g or less at birth.

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Published in N Engl J Med on June 08, 1989

Authors

G Cassady1, D T Crouse, J W Kirklin, M J Strange, C H Joiner, G Godoy, G T Odrezin, G R Cutter, J K Kirklin, A D Pacifico

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine.

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