Brain Injury in Preterm Infants
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Zoe Iliodromiti1, Dimitrios Zygouris2, Paraskevi Karagianni3, Panagiotis Belitsos4, Angelos Daniilidis5 and Nikolaos Vrachnis6 1Neonatal Unit, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieio Hospital, Athens, 23nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens Medical School, Attiko Hospital, Athens, 32nd NICU and Neonatology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chalkida Hospital, Evia, 5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Thessaloniki Medical School, Ippokrateio Hospital, Thessaloniki, 62nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieio Hospital, Athens, Greece
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