Jaundice in the healthy term neonate: When is treatment indicated?

Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 355-363

  Bland, Harold E ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; BREAST FEEDING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0030279040     PISSN: 15385442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0045-9380(96)80033-8     Document Type: Article

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