Maternal and cord serum lipid profiles of preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome

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Gunes T., Koklu E., Ozturk M. A.

JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY, vol.27, no.7, pp.415-421, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211775
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.415-421
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Lipid metabolism has an important role in fetal development during the late stage of gestation, including growth and fat accretion in utero, increasing amniotic fluid lecithin levels with maturation of pulmonary function and changes in the levels of minor phospholipids in amniotic fluid.