Serum fibronectin in neonatal sepsis: Is it valuable in early diagnosis and outcome prediction?

Acta Paediatrica Japonica (Overseas Edition)

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 428-432

  Koçak, Ülker ^a,c   Ezer, Üstün ^b   Vidinlisan, Sadi ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SSK Ankara Diskapi Hospital   (Turkey)

^c TUSSO Sit ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Fibronectin; Neonatal sepsis; Prognosis; Sepsis score

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030764936     PISSN: 03745600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1997.tb03611.x     Document Type: Article

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