Role of phototherapy, BAX gene expression in hyperbilirubinemia development in full-term neonates

Abstract Background Phototherapy is the main therapeutic interference for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia used to escape an exchange transfusion and to decrease the risk of bilirubin-induced encephalopathy (kernikterus). Phototherapy has an oxidative effect on cell components and cell membranes by enhan...

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Main Authors: Mohamed farouk Afifi, Abdel Hakeem Abdel Mohsen, Emad Abdel Naeem, Marwa Ibrahem Abdel razic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-01-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43042-019-0037-y