Gestational- and age-specific CRP reference intervals in the newborn

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1889-1890

  Chiesa, Claudio ^a   Osborn, John F ^b   Pacifico, Lucia ^b   Natale, Fabio ^b   De Curtis, Mario ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 79960633188     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.06.022     Document Type: Letter

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