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Neonatal jaundice in twins
Author(s) -
Tan K. L.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb02492.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jaundice , bilirubin , serum bilirubin , birth weight , birth order , obstetrics , pediatrics , pregnancy , population , environmental health , biology , genetics
. Bilirubin levels in Chinese homozygous twins who were clinically well at delivery with no evidence of isoimmunization or the twin transfusion syndrome were studied. It was demonstrated that order of delivery, birth weight or haemoglobin level of the twins did not seem to have any significant effect on the bilirubin levels in the first week of life. The bilirubin levels were in fact similar to those of singletons. Twinning does not seem to have any significant effect on the bilirubin levels of newborn infants.