Maternal and cord serum lipid profiles of preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY, vol.27, no.7, pp.415-421, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Erciyes University Affiliated: No
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.