Does Prophylactic Phototherapy Prevent Hyperbilirubinemia in Neonates with ABO Incompatibility and Positive Coombs' Test?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211356