Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in neonatal intensive care units

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Knudsen, A ^a,b   Ebbesen, F ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonatal jaundice; Respiratory distress syndrome; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SKIN COLOR;

EID: 0029887166     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.75.1.f53     Document Type: Article

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