PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J L Sullivan AU - R B Newton TI - Serum antioxidant activity in neonates. AID - 10.1136/adc.63.7_Spec_No.748 DP - 1988 Jul 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 748--750 VI - 63 IP - 7 Spec No 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/7_Spec_No/748.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/63/7_Spec_No/748.full SO - Arch Dis Child1988 Jul 01; 63 AB - Antioxidant activity was measured in cord sera from 25 infants whose birth weights ranged from 830 to 3700 g. Antioxidant activity showed a significant positive association with birth weight. Deficiency in serum antioxidant activity may be important in the pathogenesis of certain neonatal disorders such as retinopathy of prematurity.