Extreme neonatal jaundice: How frequent is it?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1002-1003

  Hansen, Thor Willy Ruud ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ISOMER; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 63849244831     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00897.x     Document Type: Note

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