Phototherapy: The challenge to accurately measure irradiance
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The Challenge to Accurately Measure Irradiance
In a seminal report, about fifty years ago, Cremer, et al.(1) defined the basic principles of phototherapy as the spectral distribution for the photo-destruction of bilirubin (action spectrum ~ 400-520 nm), the effect of light intensity on the rate of bilirubin photo-degradation in vitro (t1⁄2=23 minutes, for sunlight) and the in vivo rate of bilirubin decline (–1.0 to 3.5 mg/dL/h or –17 to 60 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Pediatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0019-6061
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0018-1