Postnatal increase of procalcitonin in premature newborns is enhanced by chorioamnionitis and neonatal sepsis

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 978-983

  Janota, J ^a,b   Stranak Z ^a   Belohlavkova S ^a   Mudra, K ^c   Simak J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE CARE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Very low birthweight infant

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MONITORING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0035779983     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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