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Bronze baby syndrome: pictorial description of a rare condition
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016The bronze-baby syndrome: overlooked literature and picturesShow More
It is not true that the bronze baby syndrome "has never been pictorially described" (1). The first description of the syndrome in 1972 (2), to which De Luca et al did not refer (1), was illustrated with striking color photographs. Other color photographs of bronze babies have been published since then (3-5).
The notion that the syndrome is caused by bilirubin-sensitized phototransformation of Cu(II)-protoporphy...
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