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Therapeutic benefits of zinc sulfate on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

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  1. Department of Neonatology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdulrahman Al-Matary

  2. Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah AlGhamdi & Bandar Alenaze

  3. King Abdullah International Research Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah AlGhamdi & Bandar Alenaze

  4. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah AlGhamdi & Bandar Alenaze

  5. College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

    Rasha Abdulaziz Mandili & Dhuha Abdulaziz Alhawsawi

  6. School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

    Duha Magzoub

  7. Department of Pharmacology, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA

    Ahmed Abu-Zaid

  8. College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmed Abu-Zaid

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AMA contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, validation, writing of original draft, reviewing and editing. AGA, AB, MRA, ADA, and MD contributed to data curation, investigation, validation, reviewing and editing. AZA contributed to conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualization, writing of original draft, and reviewing and editing. All the authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Al-Matary, A., AlGhamdi, A., Alenaze, B. et al. Therapeutic benefits of zinc sulfate on neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. World J Pediatr 18, 300–304 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-022-00532-6

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