Interpreting conjugated bilirubin levels in newborns

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Davis, Adam Rahn ^a   Rosenthal, Philip ^b   Escobar, Gabriel J ^c   Newman, Thomas B ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE ATRESIA; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 79952572616     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.09.061     Document Type: Article

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