Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 266-269 , December 2009

Efficacy of Double and Triple Phototherapy in Term Newborns With Hyperbilirubinemia: The First Clinical Trial

  • Salma Naderi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hormozgan Medical University, Hormozgan, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. P.O. Box: 13185-1678, Tehran, Iran
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  • Fatemeh Safdarian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hormozgan Medical University, Hormozgan, Iran
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  • Davood Mazloomi

      Affiliations

    • Specialist in Pediatrics Medicine, Hormozgan, Iran
    • ,
  • Elham Bushehri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Hormozgan Medical University, Hormozgan, Iran
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  • Reza Hamidian

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received 15 December 2008 ,Revised 27 January 2009 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60075-9

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60075-9

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 266-269 , December 2009

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