The thrombopoietin level in the cord blood in premature infants born to mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-221

  Tsao, Po Nien ^a   Teng, Ru Jeng ^b   Chou, Hung Chieh ^a   Tsou, Kuo Inn ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Pregnancy induced hypertension; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PLATELET COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0036967797     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065888     Document Type: Article

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