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. 2007 Mar 27;176(7):972-3; author reply 973.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1060214.

Coombs' testing and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Stephen Wainer, Jack Rabi, Martha Lyon
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Coombs' testing and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

Stephen Wainer et al. CMAJ. .
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