Can sunlight prototherapy units in the treatment of neonatal jaundice? An in vitro study

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 272-277

  Salih, F M ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Isomerization; Phototherapy; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMERISM; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; WARD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BILIRUBIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IN VITRO; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOMERISM; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PHOTOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0035656833     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2001.170605.x     Document Type: Article

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