Cord serum erythropoietin in 90 healthy newborn term infants: Relationship to blood gases and iron status markers

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Milman, Nils ^a   Graudal, Niels ^b   Nielsen, Ove Juul ^b   Agger, Anders Ole ^c  

^a NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood gases; Erythropoietin; Ferritin; Iron metabolism; Iron supplementation; Newborn infants; Pregnancy; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; IRON; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030273165     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5710(96)00485-9     Document Type: Article

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