Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin and C reactive protein concentrations as markers for early diagnosis of very early onset neonatal infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Joram, N ^a   Boscher, C ^a   Denizot, S ^a   Loubersac, V ^b   Winer, N ^a   Roze, J C ^a   Gras Le Guen, C ^a,c  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Biochimie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 30344486276     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074245     Document Type: Article

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