Surface tension, glutathione content and redox ratio of the tracheal aspirate fluid of premature infants with IRDS

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Boda, Domokos ^a   Németh, Ilona ^a   Pintér, Sándor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome; Oxidative stress; Surface tension; Tracheal aspirate

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURFACE TENSION; TRACHEA;

BODY FLUIDS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031666970     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014035     Document Type: Article

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