Bilirubin-binding capacity in premature infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 872-873

  Amin, Sanjiv B ^a   Ahlfors, Charles E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PEROXIDASE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BINDING; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCATCHARD PLOT; TOTAL BILIRUBIN CONCENTRATION; BINDING SITE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BILIRUBIN; BINDING SITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 42949103118     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3643     Document Type: Letter

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