Vernix, the newborn, and innate defense

Pediatric Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-204

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; DEFENSIN;

FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; VERNIX CASEOSA;

EID: 0037315459     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000047470.04132.87     Document Type: Note

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