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Treatment of Hyperbilirubinemia Pharmacologic Approach SnMP(Tin-Mesoporphyrin)

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    Jorge César Martínez MD, Horacio O García MD & Lydia E Otheguy MD

  2. Rockefeller University Hospital, New York, NY

    George S Drummond PhD & Attallah Kappas MD

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César Martínez, J., García, H., Otheguy, L. et al. Treatment of Hyperbilirubinemia Pharmacologic Approach SnMP(Tin-Mesoporphyrin). J Perinatol 21 (Suppl 1), S101–S103 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210655

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