Bilirubin levels and severe retinopathy of prematurity in infants with estimated gestational ages of 23 to 26 weeks

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-104

  DeJonge, Mitchell H ^a,b   Khuntia, Annie ^a,b   Maisels, M Jeffrey ^a,b   Bandagi, Amtul ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

EID: 0033506443     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(99)70336-7     Document Type: Article

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