The Role of Umbilical Cord Alpha Fetoprotein as a Screening Tool for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-98

  Riskin, Arieh ^a,b,d   David, M ^b,d   Peskin, B ^b,d   Tamir, A ^c,d   Vafsi, O ^b,d   Leibovitz, Z ^a,d   Riskin Mashiah, S ^a,d   Israel, N ^b,d   Merksamer, R ^b,d   Bader, D ^b,d  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b S Winter Inst of Human Genetics   (Israel)

^c CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK; SCREENING TEST; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 10744220473     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820518     Document Type: Article

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