Concept of BuBc in neonatal jaundice – needs a change

Abstract

Orthoclinical diagnostics Vitros microslide came with a method by which Bu and Bc can be estimated directly. The advantage of this microslide technology is that conjugated bilirubin (Bc) does not contain delta bilirubin and the fractions i.e BuBc are actually estimated. TBil estimation is also available based on traditional diazo method on the same instrument

Keywords

• conjugated bilirubin, neonatal jaundice, photobilirubin, unconjugated bilirubin

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