Gestational age-dependent reference values for iron and selected proteins of iron metabolism in serum of premature human neonates

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Lackmann, Gerd M ^a,b   Schnieder, Carsten ^a   Bohner, Jürgen ^a  

^a KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceruloplasmin; Ferritin; Iron; Neonatology; Oxygen free radicals; Premature newborns; Reference ranges; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; IRON; OXYGEN RADICAL; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0031847164     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000014026     Document Type: Article

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