Difference in plasma bilirubin concentration between monozygotic and dizygotic newborn twins

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 569-573

  Ebbesen, F ^a   Mortensen, B B ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Neonates; Twins

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EUROPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BILIRUBIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0041419570     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310002731     Document Type: Article

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