Serum amyloid a an early diagnostic marker for neonatal sepsis

Life Science Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-277

  Mostafa, Mohamed S ^a   Mounir, Zeinab M ^a   Waheed, Hisham ^b   El Gamal, Hanan A ^a   Morcos, William M ^a   Emara, Nahed A ^b   Eltaae, Wael H ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Neonatal sepsis; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883157885     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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