Cord blood erythropoietin in relation to different markers of fetal hypoxia

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between erythropoietin concentration in umbilical venous blood and clinical signs of fetal hypoxia. METHODS: We measured erythropoietin concentrations in umbilical venous blood from 200 consecutively born neonates using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with two monoclonal antibodies. Results were available within 6 hours. Inter-assay variation was 8.5% and...

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