Evaluation of Neonatal Hemolytic Jaundice: Clinical and Laboratory Parameters
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Evaluation of Neonatal Hemolytic Jaundice: Clinical and Laboratory Parameters
BACKGROUND Neonatal jaundice that occurs in ABO or Rhesus issoimunisation has been recognized as one of the major risk factors for development of severe hyperbilirubinemia and bilirubin neurotoxicity. AIM Aim of our study was to investigate clinical and laboratory parameters associated with hemolytic jaundice due to Rh and ABO incompatibility and compare results with the group of unspecific j...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1857-9655
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2015.129