Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus - Not gone but sometimes forgotten

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 727-732

  Maisels, M Jeffrey ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute bilirubin encephalopathy; Hyperbilirubinemia; Kernicterus; Newborn infant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; KERNICTERUS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERNICTERUS; NEONATAL SCREENING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 70350056592     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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