Therapeutic effect of turquoise versus blue light with equal irradiance in preterm infants with jaundice

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 837-841

  Ebbesen, Finn ^a   Madsen, Poul ^a   Støvring, Søren ^a   Hundborg, Heidi ^b   Agati, Giovanni ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blue light; Jaundice; Newborn; Phototherapy; Turquoise light

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLUE LIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; COLOR THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249803607     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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