How reliable is clinical assessment in neonatal jaundice? Dear Sir

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 857-858

  Sarici, S U ^a   Candemir, G ^a   Alpay, F ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2942573218     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2004.tb03035.x     Document Type: Letter

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