Cerebrospinal fluid activin A measurement in asphyxiated full-term newborns predicts hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2386-2389

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Luisi, Stefano ^a   Bruschettini, Matteo ^b   Grutzfeld, Dariusz ^c   Dobrzanska, Anna ^c   Bruschettini, Pierluigi ^b   Petraglid, Felice ^a   Gazzolo, Diego ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; ULTRASOUND;

ACTIVINS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 9244235028     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.035774     Document Type: Article

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