Faecal elastase 1 levels in premature and full term infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Kori, M ^a   Maayan Metzger, A ^a   Shamir, R ^a   Sirota, L ^a   Dinari, G ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037373940     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.2.f106     Document Type: Article

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