The relationship between scoring systems and cytokine levels in neonatal sepsis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 418-420

  Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a,c   Kurtoglu, S ^b   Hallac I K ^b   Ustunbas H B ^b   Uzum K ^b   Kilic H ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Interleukin 6; Newborn; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PILOT STUDY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0041733490     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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