THE TREATMENT OF HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA OF THE NEWBORN WITH SODIUM GLUCURONATE
1 Department of Pediatrics, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center
Twenty-five cases of hyperbilirubinemia have been treated with parenteral sodium glucuronate, most of them being patients with hemolytic disease (erythroblastosis).
The authors believe the results have been encouraging and warrant a further experimental trial of this form of therapy by critical investigators.
Submitted on August 13, 1958Accepted on November 14, 1958
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