Intravenous Immune Globulin for the Prevention of Nosocomial Infection in Low-Birth-Weight Neonates
- 23 July 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (4), 213-219
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199207233270401
Abstract
Nosocomial infection is a major risk for premature infants with very low birth weights. One reason for their susceptibility to infection may be antibody deficiency, since there is little transfer of maternal IgG to the fetus before 32 weeks' gestation.Keywords
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