Cord blood inflammatory markers, foetal vasculitis and cerebral MRI abnormalities in preterm infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1362-1364

  Sorensen, L C ^a,e   Skogstrand, K ^b,c   Hougaard, D M ^c   Albrectsen, J ^a   Borch, K ^a   Lou, H C ^d   Miranda, M J ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MARKER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL VASCULITIS; FISHER EXACT TEST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34548126871     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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