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    Urinary β-2-microglobulin as an alternative marker for fetal inflammatory response and development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants

    To evaluate the clinical utility of urinary β-2-microglobulin (B2M) at birth, an alternative to proinflammatory cytokines, as an indicative marker of fetal inflammatory response and subsequent higher risk of b...

    Y Shima, S Nishimaki, M Nakajima, S Kumasaka, M Migita in Journal of Perinatology (2011)

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    Depressed natural killer cell activity due to decreased natural killer cell population in a vitamin E-deficient patient with Shwachman syndrome: reversible natural killer cell abnormality by α-tocopherol supplementation

    Natural Killer (NK) cell activity was examined in a 16-month-old Japanese boy with Shwachman syndrome associated with severe vitamin E deficiency. As evaluated by 51Cr-release assay from K562 cells, NK cell acti...

    N. Adachi, M. Migita, T. Ohta, A. Higashi, I. Matsuda in European Journal of Pediatrics (1997)