Urine desmosine as a novel biomarker for bronchopulmonary dysplasia and post-prematurity respiratory disease in extremely preterm or low-birth-weight infants.

Katsuya HirataMasanori NishikawaMasatoshi NozakiHiroyuki KitajimaItaru YanagiharaKazuko WadaMasanori Fujimura

Published in: American journal of perinatology (2022)

Elevated urine desmosine/creatinine levels on the third postnatal week were associated with bubbly/cystic lungs on day 28 and PRD at 18 months of corrected age in EP or ELBW infants.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
human milk
preterm birth
uric acid
clinical trial
metabolic syndrome
gestational age