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Clinical and genetic risk factors for moderate hyperbilirubinemia in Brazilian newborn infants.
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association - 1 Dec 2010
Mezzacappa M A, Facchini F P, Pinto A C, Cassone A E L, Souza D S, Bezerra M A C, Albuquerque D M, Saad S T O, Costa F F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify clinical and genetic risk factors for moderate hyperbilirubinemia during the first week of life. STUDY DESIGN: Using univariate and multivariate multiple regression analyses, the RR for clinical factors, the African variant of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (G202A/A376G), and (TA)(n) UGT1A1 polymorphisms were established in a cohort of 608 Brazilian newborn infants....
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