A Randomized Trial of Phototherapy with Filtered Sunlight in African Neonates.

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Sequelae of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia constitute a substantial disease burden in areas where effective conventional phototherapy is unavailable. We previously found that the use of filtered sunlight for the purpose of phototherapy is a safe and efficacious method for reducing total bilirubin. However, its relative safety and efficacy as compared with conventional phototherapy are unknown.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): N. Engl. J. Med.

Title: The New England journal of medicine

ISSN (Electronic): 1533-4406

ISSN (Print): 0028-4793

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 17 2015

Volume: 373

Issue: 12

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[1 ] From the Department of Pediatrics (T.M.S., T.C.L.) and the Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (A.M.B.), University of Minnesota, and Hennepin County Medical Center (T.M.S.) - both in Minneapolis; Center for Healthy Start Initiative (B.O.O.) and Massey Street Children's Hospital (A.A.E.), Lagos, Nigeria; and Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford (H.J.V., R.J.W., D.K.S.), and the University of California, San Diego, San Diego (Y.E.V.) - both in California.

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DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1501074

PubMed ID: 26376136

SO-VID: 969c952e-cf62-487c-9c36-fc50b80d9065

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