Serial copper and ceruloplasmin levels in African newborns with emphasis on the sick and stable preterm infant, and their antioxidant capacities

Early Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Airede, A'K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African newborns; Antioxidant capacities; Ceruloplasmin; Preterm infant; Serum copper

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEMIC SYSTEM; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; NIGERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SERUM COPPER LEVEL; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CERULOPLASMIN; COHORT STUDIES; COPPER; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NIGERIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEPSIS;

EID: 0032191086     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3782(98)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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