Schotman-Schram P, Helders P J, Heijnen C J
Laboratorium Pediatrische Immunologie, Universiteitskliniek voor kinderen en jeugdigen, Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht.
Tijdschr Kindergeneeskd. 1992 Apr;60(2):27-31.
All kinds of handling of sick newborn, especially premature babies, are thought to be stressful events. In order to develop stress reducing programs for those infants, a study was carried out into the reports of stress parameters for newborns in the current literature. B-endorphin answers the best to the needs for a reliable parameter in stress studies.
