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Predicting Pathologic Jaundice: The Chinese Perspective

Journal of Perinatology volume 21, pages S73–S75 (2001)Cite this article

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We thank T. K. Ng, Chief of Service, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, for permission to perform this study in the nurseries, and the nursing staff for their kind cooperation. We are indebted to our research assistants, Emmeney Leung and Susan Ma, for their dedicated work. We are grateful to our biostatistician, Bonnie Law, for her contributions to this study. We also thank David K. Stevenson, Hendrik J. Vreman, and Ronald J. Wong from the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine for their advice during the study and critical reading of the manuscript.

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    Betty WY Young MD, Miu-Lan Chan, Hing-Tung Ho, Kin-Sing Ip & Hong Chen

  2. Department of Clinical Pathology, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China

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This study was supported by grants from the Providence Foundation and Natus Medical.

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Young, B., Chan, ML., Ho, HT. et al. Predicting Pathologic Jaundice: The Chinese Perspective. J Perinatol 21 (Suppl 1), S73–S75 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210639

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