Correlation between the serum level of endotoxin and periventricular leukomalacia in preterm infants

Brain and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 378-381

  Okumura, Akihisa ^a,c   Hayakawa, Fumio ^b   Kato, Toru ^c   Kuno, Kuniyoshi ^c   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Okazaki City Hospital   (Japan)

^c ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Periventricular leukomalacia; Premature rupture of membranes

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032803578     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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