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Point-of-care device to diagnose and monitor neonatal jaundice in low-resource settings

Newborns are at increased risk of jaundice, a condition in which excess bilirubin accumulates in blood. Left untreated, jaundice can lead to neurological impairment and death. Jaundice resulting from unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is easily treated with exposure to blue light, and phototherapy syst...

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Autores principales: Keahey, Pelham A., Simeral, Mathieu L., Schroder, Kristofer J., Bond, Meaghan M., Mtenthaonnga, Prince J., Miros, Robert H., Dube, Queen, Richards-Kortum, Rebecca R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29203650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714020114