Serum pro-hepcidin levels in term and preterm newborns with sepsis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-292

  Yapakç, Ece ^a   Tarcan, Aylin ^a   Çelik, Banu ^a   Özbek, Namk ^a   Gürakan, Berkan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepcidin; Newborn; Pro hepcidin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PROHEPCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; IRON; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 63549133264     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02688.x     Document Type: Article

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