Are elevated fetal nucleated red blood cell counts an indirect reflection of enhanced erythropoietin activity?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1473-1475

  Ferber, Asaf ^a   Fridel, Zhanna ^a   Weissmann Brenner, Alina ^a   Minior, Victoria K ^a   Divon, Michael Y ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Fetal hypoxia; Nucleated red blood cell

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SAMPLE SIZE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 2542460049     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.02.033     Document Type: Article

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