T and Tk antigen activation in necrotising enterocolitis: Manifestations, severity of illness, and effectiveness of testing

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Osborn, D A ^a   Lui, Kei ^b,c   Pussell, P ^a   Jana, A K ^a   Desai, A S ^a   Cole, M ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Necrotising enterocolitis; Polyagglutination; T antigen; Tk antigen

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032824720     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.80.3.F192     Document Type: Article

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