Investigating the efficacy of Zizyphus Jujuba on neonatal jaundice

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-324

  Ebrahimi, Sedigheh ^a   Ashkani Esfahani, Soheil ^b   Poormahmudi, Azizollah ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hyperbilirubinemia; Neonatal jaundice; Newborn; Phototherapy; Zizyphus jujuba

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; JUJUBE EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052874601     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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