Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 920-928

  Maisels, M Jeffrey ^a   McDonagh, Antony F ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTASIS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW;

BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 40049102840     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMct0708376     Document Type: Article

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