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Genetic Factors and Delayed TSB Monitoring and Treatment as Risk Factors Associated with Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in Term Neonates Admitted for Phototherapy.
Journal of tropical pediatrics - 1 Dec 2020
Boo Nem-Yun, Sin Shwe, Chee Seok-Chiong, Mohamed Maslina, Ahluwalia Anita Kaur, Ling Michelle Min-Min, Ong Han-Kiat
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OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine whether maternal-fetal blood group isoimmunization, breastfeeding, birth trauma, age when first total serum bilirubin (TSB) was measured, age of admission, and genetic predispositions to hemolysis [due to genetic variants of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme], and reduced hepatic uptake and/or conjugation of serum bilirubin [due to genetic variants of solute...
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