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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
International Child Health
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Original Articles

Increased incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia in ‘unchallenged’ glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in term Saudi newborns

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Pages 259-266 | Received 21 Feb 1991, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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