N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations are markedly higher in the umbilical cord blood of newborns than in their mothers

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 913-915

  Hammerer Lercher, Angelika ^a   Mair, Johannes ^b   Tews, Gernot ^c   Puschendorf, Bernd ^a   Sommer, Rudolf ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO B TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 17744379580     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.046557     Document Type: Article

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