Transcutaneous bilirubinometry in neonates

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-76

  Sankaran, Koravangattu ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERNICTERUS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NOTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRANSCUTANEOUS BILIRUBINOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645469286     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/11.2.75     Document Type: Note

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