Haemorheological parameters of umbilical cord blood of Nigerian newborns: Correlations with maternal parameters

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-230

  Dapper, D V ^a   Didia, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Haematology; Haemorheology; Neonate; Newborn; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846104857     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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