Universal bilirubin screening, guidelines, and evidence

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1199-1202

  Newman, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BILIRUBIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERNICTERUS; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349747029     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0412     Document Type: Note

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