Neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year in Zimbabwean neonates with extreme hyperbilirubinaemia

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-114

  Wolf, M J ^a,c   Wolf, B ^a   Beunen, G ^b   Casaer, P ^b  

^a MPILO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayley Scales of Infant Development; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonates; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BILIRUBINEMIA; BIOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEMIC SYSTEM; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STUDIES; YOUTH; ZIMBABWE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILIRUBIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033003808     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051029     Document Type: Article

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