Phototherapy: From ancient egypt to the new millennium

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2001, Pages S7-S12

  McDonagh, Antony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDIN; BILIVERDIN OXIDOREDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEME OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; GLUCURONIDATION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME REACTOR; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SAFETY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0035687058     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210625     Document Type: Article

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