Mothers' perception of neonatal jaundice in Lagos, Nigeria: An urgent need for greater awareness

• Egile Nagusiak: Chinyere Ezeaka (Egilea), Ekanem Ekure (Egilea), Iretiola Fajolu (Egilea), Beatrice Ezenwa (Egilea), Patricia Akintan (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: South African Medical Association, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Background. Neonatal jaundice remains a leading cause of preventable brain damage, mental handicap, physical disabilities and early death among infants. The high mortality and morbidity from neonatal jaundice is exacerbated by the poor understanding and mismanagement of this common neonatal problem...