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LEUCOCYTE FUNCTION IN NORMAL AND PRE‐TERM INFANTS
Author(s) -
GOEL K. M.,
VOWELS M. R.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nitroblue tetrazolium , pediatrics , birth weight , low birth weight , normal weight , physiology , pregnancy , immunology , obesity , genetics , biology , overweight
Summary The cytochemical nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction test was performed on 121 infants aged between 1 and 112 days. New born infants (normal and pre‐term) had higher levels of NBT positive cells than older infants and children. These high levels fell to the normal childhood range after the fourth week of life. Infants aged less than 14 days with a birth weight of (2 000 g had a mean level of NBT positive cells one third that of infants of higher birth weight (> 2 000 g).