Increased serum levels of interleukin 6 are associated with severe intraventricular haemorrhage in extremely premature infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Heep, A ^a   Behrendt, D ^a   Nitsch, P ^a   Fimmers, R ^a   Bartmann, P ^a   Dembinski, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0344084149     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.6.f501     Document Type: Article

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