Detection of pepsin in mouth swab: Correlation with clinical gastroesophageal reflux in preterm infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 819-824

  Farhath, Sabeena ^a,b   He, Zhaoping ^c   Saslow, Judy ^a,b   Soundar, Sam ^c   Amendolia, Barbara ^a   Bhat, Vishwanath ^a,b   Pyon, Kee ^a   Stahl, Gary ^a,b   Mehta, Dev ^d   Aghai, Zubair H ^a,b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d NEMOURS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

GERD; Neonates; Pepsinogen; Premature

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GASTRICSIN; PEPSIN A; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH SWAB; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SMEAR; TONGUE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MOUTH; PEPSIN A;

EID: 84876556574     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.764408     Document Type: Article

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