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. 1994 Nov;71(3):F218–F223. doi: 10.1136/fn.71.3.f218

Withholding and withdrawing life sustaining treatment in neonatal intensive care: issues for the 1990s.

J D Lantos 1, J E Tyson 1, A Allen 1, J Frader 1, M Hack 1, S Korones 1, G Merenstein 1, N Paneth 1, R L Poland 1, S Saigal 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC1061132  PMID: 7820723

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