Implementing and validating transcutaneous bilirubinometry for neonates

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 555-561

  Holland, Lorne ^a   Blick, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilirubinometry; Chemistry; Clinical chemistry; Neonates; Transcutaneous bilirubin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOREHEAD; HISPANIC; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN SCREENING; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; STERNUM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BILIRUBIN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FOREHEAD; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; NEONATAL SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; STERNUM;

EID: 70349564963     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPN9BMFW8COTWP     Document Type: Article

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