VALUE OF PROCALCITONIN MEASUREMENT IN MATERNO FOETAL INFECTION

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Vol. 87 No. 3 (2009): Issue Mar 2009

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Olfa Bouyahia
Hôpital d'enfants. Bab Saadoun - Tunis - Tunisie
N. Ncibi
Service de Médecine Infantile C Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis
F. Fedhila
Service de Médecine Infantile C Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis
N. Amdouni
Service de Médecine Infantile C Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis
J . Ben Aissa
Laboratoire de Biochimie Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis
T. Messoud
Laboratoire de Biochimie Hôpital d'Enfants de Tunis
Samir Boukthir
Hôpital d'enfants. Bab Saadoun - Tunis - Tunisie
Azza Sammoud El Gharbi
Hôpital d'enfants. Bab Saadoun - Tunis - Tunisie

Keywords:

Newborn, Neonatal infection, Procalcitonin, C-reactive protein

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