Contribution of haemolysis to jaundice in Sephardic Jewish glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient neonates

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 822-827

  Kaplan, Michael ^a,b   Vreman, Hendrik J ^c   Hammerman, Cathy ^a,b   Leiter, Chava ^a   Abramov, Ayala ^a,b   Stevenson, David K ^c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhaemoglobin; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Haemolysis; Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia; Sephardic Jews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE; JEWS;

EID: 0030001269     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1745.x     Document Type: Article

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