The blood-brain barrier and bilirubin encephalopathy

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-109

  Wennberg, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin binding; Bilirubin; Bilirubin encephalopathy; Blood brain barrier; Kernicterus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; KERNICTERUS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HUMANS; KERNICTERUS; PERMEABILITY; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0033950424     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006900111744     Document Type: Article

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