Preliminary studies on IL-6 levels in healthy and septic Indian neonates

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1361-1367

  Bhartiya, Deepa ^a   Kapadia, Chhaya ^a   Sanghvi, Kishore ^b   Singh, Harinder ^b   Kelkar, Rohini ^c   Merchant, Rashid ^b  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b Nowrosjee Wadia Maternity Hospital   (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034535967     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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