Elevated total peripheral leukocyte count may identify risk for neurological disability in asphyxiated term neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 365-370

  Morkos, A A ^a   Hopper, A O ^a   Deming, D D ^a   Yellon, S M ^a   Wycliffe, N ^a   Ashwal, S ^a   Sowers, L C ^a   Peverini, R L ^a   Angeles, D M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249856663     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211750     Document Type: Article

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