Double versus single phototherapy in term newborns with significant hyperbilirubinemia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-39

  Sarici, S Ümit ^a   Alpay, Faruk ^a   Ünay, Bülent ^a   Özcan, Okan ^a   Gökçay, Erdal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033952286     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.1.36     Document Type: Article

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