Phototherapy: Old questions, new answers

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1360-1362

  Madan, Ashima ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Jaundice; Neonatal; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HALOGEN; TUNGSTEN;

BILE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD DONOR; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOMER; JAUNDICE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; PHOTOOXIDATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINE;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27144438684     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500254647     Document Type: Review

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