Time-course changes of eosinophil counts in premature infants: No effects of medical manipulation, except erythropoietin treatment, on eosinophilia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-60

  Ehara, Akira ^a,b   Takeda, Yuko ^a   Kida, Takeshi ^a   Mizukami, Susumu ^a   Hagisawa, Masahiro ^a   Yamada, Yutaka ^a  

^a Hakodate Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Oji General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Medical treatment; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE;

EID: 0034006833     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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