The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 385-386 , April 2002

Preventing kernicterus: Almost there

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☆ Reprint requests: Ronald L. Poland, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of New Mexico ACC-3W, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131-5313.

☆☆ J Pediatr 2002;140:385-6.

PII: S0022-3476(02)27099-7

doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.124310

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 140, Issue 4 , Pages 385-386 , April 2002

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