- Original Article
- Intralipid Infusions Effect on Nutrophil Elastase Level in Newborns
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Sue Jeen Min, Yong Woon Baek, Yong Woon Baek, Yong Woon Baek
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 1999;42(5):666-671. Published online May 15, 1999
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Purpose : Parenteral nutrition is given to infants who tempararily cannot take oral feeding adequately. A lipid emulsion is added to the parenteral to supply essential fatty acids. In neonatal sepsis, elastase from azuropilic granules of the neutrophils is released and rapidly bound to α1- Proteinase Inhibitor(α1-PI). The lipid emulsion has been noted to markedly inhibit chemotaxis of neutrophils, so... |
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