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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Light-blue vs blue lights in phototherapyShow More
Dear Editor
We would like to reply to the eLetter “Recent innovation in phototherapy” by Gupta et al.[1]
It is well known that the action mechanism of neonatal jaundice phototherapy is not the simple photodestruction of bilirubin. It involves the phototransformation of bilirubin to more water-soluble compounds, their diffusion rate from the skin and peripheral blood vessel to circulation and th...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Recent innovation in phototherapyShow More
Dear Editor
We read with interest the article “Phototherapy with turquoise versus blue light” by F Ebbesen et al.[1]
The article addresses to the usefulness of turquoise light and its relative advantage over conventional blue light in view of its equal efficacy in reducing serum bilirubin at a lesser irradiance and has stated the harmful mutagenic effects associated with blue light. However, we wou...
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