High urinary concentrations of activin A in asphyxiated full-term newborns with moderate or severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 520-522

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^a   Moataza, Bashir ^b   Torricelli, Michela ^a   Iman, Iskander ^b   Hala, Mufeed ^b   Hanna, Aboulgar ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a   Gazzolo, Diego ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Health   (Italy)

^f Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; IPNOVEL; MIDAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVINS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33947512181     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.062604     Document Type: Article

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