Lysozyme in the tears of newborn babies.
Open Access
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 54 (3) , 218-221
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.54.3.218
Abstract
Tear lysozyme concentration was measured in term, preterm, and small-for-dates infants using a modification of the lysoplate technique. The lysozyme concentration was greater in the term infant than in preterm and small-for-dates infants. The values were found to increase with birthweight and gestation to a term value which is similar to that described in adults. There was no relationship between the lysozyme concentration and the rate of tear production.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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