Unbound bilirubin predicts abnormal automated auditory brainstem response in a diverse newborn population

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-309

  Ahlfors, C E ^a   Amin, S B ^b   Parker, A E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE; AUTOMATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE;

AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; BILIRUBIN; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 63649155952     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2008.199     Document Type: Article

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