The role of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in non-thyroidal illness in premature infants followed in neonatal intensive care unit

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-71

  Dilli, Dilek ^a   Dilmen, Uǧur ^a  

^a Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Interleukin 6; Newborn; Premature; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NON THYROIDAL ILLNESS; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEPSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERLEUKIN-6; SEPSIS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84862885104     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.625     Document Type: Article

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