Use of melatonin as an adjuvant therapy in neonatal sepsis

Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 227-232

  El Frargy, M ^a   El Sharkawy, H M ^a   Attia, G F ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

bacteremia; melatonin; Neonates; premature

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MELATONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STANDARD; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MELATONIN; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946545924     PISSN: 19345798     EISSN: 18784429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NPM-15814072     Document Type: Article

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