The necessity for T-cryptantigen activation screening in babies with necrotising enterocolitis

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 546-548

  Kirsten, G F ^a   Smith, J ^a   Pieper, C ^a   Bird, A ^b   Wessels, G ^a   Riphagen, S ^a   Moore, S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Western Province Blood Transfusion Service   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ARACHIS OIL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; SCREENING;

ANTIGENS, TUMOR-ASSOCIATED, CARBOHYDRATE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIGENS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029952189     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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