Does intensive phototherapy produce hemolysis in newborns of 35 or more weeks gestation?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 498-500

  Maisels, M J ^a   Kring, E A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 33746563462     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211552     Document Type: Article

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