Acute neurological findings in a national cohort of neonates with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 392-396

  Sgro, M ^a,b   Campbell, D ^b   Barozzino, T ^b   Shah, V ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

bilirubin encephalopathy; infant newborn; severe hyperbilirubinemia

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERNICTERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BILIRUBIN; COHORT STUDIES; EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION, WHOLE BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; KERNICTERUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957819571     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.137     Document Type: Article

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