Poor correlation between hemolysis and jaundice in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient babies

Pediatrics International

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-261

  Jalloh, Salamatu ^a   Van Rostenberghe, Hans ^a   Yusoff, Narazah M ^a   Ghazali, Selamah ^a   Ismail, Nik Zainal Nik ^a   Matsuo, Masafumi ^b   Wahab, Nor Akmal ^a   Nishio, Hisahide ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO hemoglobin; G6PD deficiency; Hemolysis; Neonatal jaundice; Reticulocyte

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SMEAR; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

BILIRUBIN; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALAYSIA; MALE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20444505621     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2005.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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