Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 91-94 , June 2007

Hyperbilirubinemia in the Late Preterm Infant

  • Noah Hillman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondences to Noah Hillman, MD, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229.

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PII: S1527-3369(07)00037-2

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2007.03.007

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 2 , Pages 91-94 , June 2007

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