Prophylactic effect of zinc sulphate on hyperbilirubinemia in premature very low birth weight neonates: a randomized clinical trial

Introduction: One of the common problems in neonatal period is jaundice that occurs in the first week of birth in 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates. In preterm newborn hyperbilirubinaemia is higher, persistent, longer, and more likely to be associated with neurological injury than term neonate...

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Main Authors: Ashraf Mohammadzadeh, Ahmad shah Farhat, Abbas Alizadeh kaseb, Fatemeh Khorakian, Mohammad Ramezani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-02-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Neonatology
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Online Access:http://ijn.mums.ac.ir/pdf_3139_2cc9e01edafdb44220b559eedd86d31d.html