Perinatal biomarkers in prematurity: Early identification of neurologic injury

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-31

  Andrikopoulou, Maria ^a   Almalki, Ahmad ^a   Farzin, Azadeh ^a   Cordeiro, Christina N ^a   Johnston, Michael V ^b   Burd, Irina ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Brain injury; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Periventricular leukomalacia; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S100B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; URIC ACID;

BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84901604247     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.04.002     Document Type: Review

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