Skin bilirubin nomogram for the first 96 h of life in a European normal healthy newborn population, obtained with multiwavelength transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-150

  De Luca, Daniele ^a,b   Romagnoli, Costantino ^a   Tiberi, Eloisa ^a   Zuppa, Antonio Alberto ^a   Zecca, Enrico ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilirubin nomogram; Jaundice; Newborn; Transcutaneous bilirubinometry

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIRUBIN; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN;

EID: 38849125441     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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