Umbilical vein interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha plasma concentrations in the very preterm infant

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-243

  Kashlan, Fawaz ^a,c   Smulian, John ^a   Shen Schwarz, Susan ^b   Anwar, Mujahid ^a   Hiatt, Mark ^a   Hegyi, Thomas ^a  

^a SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Funisitis; Interleukin 6; Neonatal sepsis; Preterm infant; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PLACENTA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-6; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0034023375     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00013     Document Type: Article

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