Umbilical serum concentrations of chemokines (RANTES and MGSA/GRO-α) in preterm and term neonates

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-590

  Królak Olejnik, Barbara ^a   Beck, Brygida ^a   Olejnik, Igor ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Center of Pediatrics and Oncology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Newborn; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELANOMA GROWTH STIMULATORY ACTIVITY FACTOR; RANTES;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TERM BIRTH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINES, CXC; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PERINATOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RANTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751383290     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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