Correlation between Prolonged Hyperbilirubinemia and Serum Zinc Level in Term Neonates

• Main Authors: Mousa Ahmadpour-kacho (Author), Yadollah Zahedpasha (Author), Soryia Khafri (Author), Sajedeh Omidbakhsh-Amiri (Author), Sadra Tehrani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Prolonged hyperbilirubinemia is defined as jaundice persisting more than two and three weeks of life in term and preterm neonates, respectively. In total, 15-40% of jaundiced neonates became prolonged. The most common causes of prolonged hyperbilirubinemia are breastfeeding, infection, h...