TY - BOOK AU - Amal Mohammed Mohy Eldeen AU - Abbass Abdelfattah Mourad , AU - Imaan Fathy Iskander , AU - Lamiaa Mohammed Mohsen , TI - Study on diagnostic value serum amyloid a protein (SAA) during late - onset sepsis in preterm and full term neonates / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amal Mohammed Mohy Eldeen , KW - Neonatal sepsis KW - NICU KW - SAA N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Late - onset sepsis (LOS) is a major problem in the NICU associated with high morbidity and mortality . The study aimed to asses the dignostic value of serum amyloid A protein ( SAA ) during late - onset sepsis in preterm and full term neonates . In this study the level of SAA was measured in the serum of neonates with LOS presented after the 7th day to the NICU ( cases) and was compared with the level of SAA in healthy neonates (controls) and compared with other tests usually used to diagnose sepsis in NICUs (TLC, CRP, I : T ratio and platetets count) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -