Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 315-317 , May 2010

Effect of ibuprofen on bilirubin–albumin binding in vitro at concentrations observed during treatment of patent ductus arteriosus

  • Diot C.

      Affiliations

    • SGS Cephac Europe, Saint-Benoît Cedex, France
  • ,
  • Kibleur Y.

      Affiliations

    • Orphan Europe, Paris, France
  • ,
  • Desfrere L.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Néonatologie, Hôpital Louis Mourier, AP HP, Colombes, Université Paris 7, Faculté de Médecine Denis Diderot, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Hôpital Louis Mourier, 178 rue des Renouillers, 92700 Colombes, France. Tel.: +33 1 47 60 61 62; fax: +33 1 47 60 61 31.

Received 19 February 2010 ,Revised 19 April 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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PII: S0378-3782(10)00089-7

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.04.006

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 315-317 , May 2010