Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and neonatal jaundice in Al-Hofuf area

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 156-158

  Al Omran, Abbas ^a,b   Al Ghazal, Fouad ^a   Gupta, Samir ^a   John, Thomas B ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032764963     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.156     Document Type: Article

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