Assessment of stool colour in community management of prolonged jaundice in infancy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 969-974

  Crofts, D J ^a   Michel, V J M ^b   Rigby, A S ^a   Tanner, M S ^a   Hall, D M B ^a,c   Bonham, J R ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Derbyshire House   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast milk jaundice; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice; Liver function tests; Stool colour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; COLOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BREAST FEEDING; COLOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; URINE;

EID: 0032869277     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259950168478     Document Type: Article

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