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Blood Eosinophil Levels in Newborns with Severe Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia Treated with Phototherapy

Banu Aydın, Beken, Ayşegül Zenciroğlu, Dilek Dilli, Nurullah Okumuş
2014 Iran J Pediatr   unpublished

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Objective: Newborns who suffer from jaundice and/or receive phototherapy (PT) are at a higher risk of developing asthma. In this study we aimed to investigate the relationship between bilirubin and peripheral eosinophil counts in newborns with severe hyperbilirubinemia needing PT. Methods: In this study, a retrospective analysis was performed on 306 newborns with severe hyperbilirubinemia with gestational age ≥35 weeks (Group 1) and the control group consisted of 295 age and gender-matched
more » ... rns (Group 2). Total serum bilirubin, hemoglobin, albumin, leucocyte and eosinophil counts before and after PT were recorded from medical charts.
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Banu Aydın, Beken, Ayşegül Zenciroğlu, Dilek Dilli, Nurullah Okumuş. "Blood Eosinophil Levels in Newborns with Severe Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia Treated with Phototherapy." Iran J Pediatr (2014)