Screening for G6PD deficiency among neonates with neonatal jaundice admitted to tertiary care center: A need in disguise

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 625-626

  Kumar, Kishwer ^a   Sohaila, Arjumand ^a   Tikmani, Shiyam Sunder ^a   Khan, Iqtidar Ahmed ^a   Zafar, Anila ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hyperbilirubinaemia; Indirect hyperbilirubinaemia; Jaundice; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NURSERY; PAKISTAN; PREMATURITY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN SCREENING; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FETAL BLOOD; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PAKISTAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84938852315     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: 16817168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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