Reference values for plasma B-type natriuretic peptide in the first days of life

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1438-1440

  Cantinotti, Massimiliano ^a   Storti, Simona ^a   Parri, Maria Serena ^a   Murzi, Michele ^a   Clerico, Aldo ^a,b  

^a G Pasquinucci Hospital   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; EDETIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67650093765     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.126847     Document Type: Letter

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