Relation between serum bilirubin levels ≤ 450 μmol/L and bilirubin encephalopathy; A Danish population-based study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-389

  Ebbesen, Finn ^a   Bjerre, Jesper V ^b   Vandborg, Pernille K ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bilirubin encephalopathy; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTONIA; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEARING LOSS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPHEROCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIRUBIN; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; KERNICTERUS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84858078395     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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