American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 100.e1-100.e8 , January 2009

Cord immunoproteins as predictors of respiratory outcome in preterm infants

  • Tuula Kaukola, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Jarno Tuimala, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Finnish IT Center for Science, Espoo, Finland
    • ,
  • Riitta Herva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    • ,
  • Stephen Kingsmore, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, NM
    • ,
  • Mikko Hallman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

Received 25 February 2008 ,Revised 5 May 2008 ,Accepted 28 July 2008.

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 This study was supported by the Foundation for Pediatric Research and by the Alma and K. A. Snellman Foundation, Oulu, Finland.

 Cite this article as: Kaukola T, Tuimala J, Herva R, et al. Cord immunoproteins as predictors of respiratory outcome in preterm infants. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:100.e1-100.e8.

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PII: S0002-9378(08)00917-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.07.070

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 100.e1-100.e8 , January 2009

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