Acute-phase changes in children recovering from minor surgery

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-201

  Gunel E ^a   Caglayan O ^b   Caglayan F ^a   Sahin, T K ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b 1 Babalik Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute phase protein; Childhood; Surgical stress; Visceral protein

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MINOR SURGERY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL STRESS;

EID: 0032299819     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050486     Document Type: Article

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