Reduction of oxidative stress marker in lung fluid of preterm infants after administration of intra-tracheal liposomal glutathione

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-180

  Cooke, Richard W I ^a,b   Drury, Josephine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malondialdehyde; Neonatal lung fluid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOSOME; MALONALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG FLUID; LUNG LAVAGE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIPOSOMES; LUNG; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17844380802     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082623     Document Type: Article

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