Lack of prognostic significance of early elevated serum uric acid levels in low birthweight infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-257

  Sysyn, Gregory D ^a   Rozycki, Henry J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Div of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Periventricular leukomalacia; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; URIC ACID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOMALACIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

APGAR SCORE; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CREATININE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0037962928     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069486     Document Type: Article

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