Sensorineural hearing loss in infants with neonatal jaundice in Lagos: A community-based study

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Olusanya, B O ^a,c   Somefun, A O ^b  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NEUROPATHY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650488975     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532809X440734     Document Type: Article

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