Evidence suggests there was not a "resurgence" of kernicterus in the 1990s

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-679

  Brooks, Jordan C ^a,b   Fisher Owens, Susan A ^c   Wu, Yvonne W ^c   Strauss, David J ^a   Newman, Thomas B ^c  

^a Life Expectancy Project   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Incidence; Kernicterus; Mortality; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; KERNICTERUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953302419     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-2476     Document Type: Article

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