Evaluation of neonatal indirect hyperbilirubinaemia at Zanjan Province of Iran in 2001-2003: Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 424-428

  Koosha, Ali ^a   Rafizadeh, B ^a  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase; Indirect hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEPHALHEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; NEWBORN JAUNDICE;

FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 34249666789     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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