Association of human beta-defensin-2 serum levels and sepsis in preterm neonates

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 796-800

  Olbrich, Peter ^a   Pavón, Antonio ^a   Rosso, Maria Luisa ^a   Molinos, Agueda ^a   De Felipe, Beatriz ^a   Sanchez, Berta ^a   Praena Fernández, Juan Manuel ^b   Jimenez, Francisco ^a   Obando, Ignacio ^a   Neth, Olaf ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Andalusian Public Foundation for the Management of Health Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides; defensins; innate immunity; neonates; prematurity; sepsis

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BETA-DEFENSINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84885632724     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182975e0f     Document Type: Article

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