Antioxidant activity, packed cell transfusions, and outcome in premature infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Silvers, K M ^a,b   Gibson, A T ^a,b   Russell, J M ^a,b   Powers, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Jessop Hospital for Women

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Blood transfusions; Bronchopulmonary disease; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; CHOLESTEROL; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLORIMETRY; DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031867836     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.78.3.F214     Document Type: Article

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