Late Onset Neutropenia in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Infants
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Late-Onset Neutropenia in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Background. Neutropenia, defined as absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1500/mm3, affects 6% to 58% of premature infants in the first week of life. This early-onset neutropenia in premature infants has previously been correlated with sepsis, maternal hypertension, severe asphyxia, and periventricular hemorrhage. Late-onset neutropenia, defined as ANC <1500/mm3 at a postnatal age of >3 weeks, has n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904020-01289