Neurological status in severely jaundiced Zimbabwean neonates
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Neurological status in severely jaundiced Zimbabwean neonates.
Neurological status was studied in 50 jaundiced infants with a total serum bilirubin of > 400 mumol/l (23.4 mg/dl). Infants were assessed in the neonatal period with the Neonatal Neurological Examination and 4 months of age with the Infant Motor Screen. Twenty-six (52 per cent) infants were premature. Analysis of variance did not show a significant difference between gestational age, birth weig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.3.161