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SUBMITTER: Leviton A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4747803 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leviton Alan A Allred Elizabeth N EN Fichorova Raina N RN Kuban Karl C K KC O'Shea T Michael TM Dammann Olaf O
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) 20151223 3
<h4>Aim</h4>Most studies of systemic inflammation in very preterm newborns focus on assessments made during the first two weeks. The purpose of this study was to identify some of the antecedents of systemic inflammation evident during postnatal weeks three and four.<h4>Methods</h4>We measured the protein concentrations in blood spots collected on postnatal days 21 (N = 176) and 28 (N = 157) from infants born before the 28th week of gestation and sought correlates of measurements in the top quart ...[more]