Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: Don't let glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency off the hook

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 216-217

  Kaplan, Michael ^a   Hammerman, Cathy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; KERNICTERUS; LETTER; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; GENETICS; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; NEWBORN; NOTE;

GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48249085353     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0834     Document Type: Letter

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