Blood Reference Intervals for Preterm Low-Birth-Weight Infants: A Multicenter Cohort Study in Japan

Preterm low-birth-weight infants remain difficult to manage based on adequate laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to establish blood reference intervals (RIs) in those newborns who were admitted to and survived in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). A multicenter prospective study was c...

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Main Authors: Ochiai, Masayuki, Matsushita, Yuki, Inoue, Hirosuke, Kusuda, Takeshi, Kang, Dongchon, Ichihara, Kiyoshi, Nakashima, Naoki, Ihara, Kenji, Ohga, Shouichi, Hara, Toshiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994999/