Blue light, green light, turquoise light: Do we need to change our devices to treat our jaundiced preterm infants?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 792-793

  Rubaltelli, Firmino F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Neonatal jaundice; Newborn; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LIGHT; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NOTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BILIRUBIN; COLOR THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 34249782029     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00311.x     Document Type: Note

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