Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice-therapeutic effects on more than one level?

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-234

  Ruud Hansen, Thor Willy ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Bilirubin encephalopathy; Bilirubin photoisomers; Blood brain barrier; Kernicterus; Neurotoxicity; Phototherapy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; KERNICTERUS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

BILIRUBIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77953111479     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.02.008     Document Type: Review

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