Neonatal leukemoid reaction and early development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in a very low-birth-weight infant.
The factors controlling the recruitment of inflammatory cells and the activation of the cytokine cascade in low-birth-weight premature infants have been implicated in the sequence of multiorgan inflammatory diseases, including the chronic lung disease of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia. This article describes a 982-gram, 25 (+2 days) weeks' gestation male infant, who had a leukemoid reaction throughout the first week of life, followed by early development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Zanardo
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Department of Pediatrics, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy. vincenzo.zanardo@libero.it
Magarotto
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Rosolen
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D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000276:immunology*; D007955:Leukemoid Reaction / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male