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Investigating Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice: A Staged Approach is Superior and Conducive to Breastfeeding

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Torbay Hospital, Vowden Hall, Lawes Bridge, Torquay, TQ2 7AA, UK

    Jonathan Wayland Graham, Siba Prosad Paul, Sarah Mulholland, Steven Chi Tran, Charlotte Louise Butler, Rowan Douglas Mankiewitz & Georgia Beech

  2. Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

    Georgia Beech

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Graham, J.W., Paul, S.P., Mulholland, S. et al. Investigating Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice: A Staged Approach is Superior and Conducive to Breastfeeding. Ind J Clin Biochem 36, 242–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-019-00865-6

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