Introduction To determine the threshold of umbilical cord blood procalcitonin for early-onset neonatal infection diagnosis. Method This prospective study was conducted on 126 neonates in the neonatal
Objective: To estimate the volume and duration of placental transfusion at term.Design: Prospective observational study.Setting: Maternity unit in Bradford, UK.Population: Twenty-six term births.Metho
Glutathione deficiency in newborn rats, produced by administration of L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine, a transition-state inactivator of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase, decreases ascorbate levels of