C-Reactive Protein Levels in the Extremely Premature Infant: Case Studies and Literature Review

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-141

  Posen, Robert ^a   DeLemos, Robert A ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

BLOOD; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TWINS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COST CONTROL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0032018301     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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