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Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement in healthy Saudi term newborns

Saad A. Alsaedi
Saudi Medical Journal February 2016, 37 (2) 142-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.2.13419
Saad A. Alsaedi
From the Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
FRCPC, FAAP
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