Early Human Development
Volume 85, Issue 11 , Pages 727-732 , November 2009

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus — Not gone but sometimes forgotten

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.09.003

Early Human Development
Volume 85, Issue 11 , Pages 727-732 , November 2009

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