Effect of Neonatal Phototherapy on Serum Levels of Interleukin 1, 6, 8, TNFa and White Blood Cell Count

  • AHMAD EL-ASKARY, M.D. S
  • MOHAMED M. KHALIFA, M.D. A
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Abstract

Background: Recent progress in medical sciences approved Phototherapy (PT) as a standard method of treatment and care for hyperbilirubinemia in the neonatal period. Some investi- gations have expressed concern about potential toxic effects of phototherapy, one possible harmful is affection of cytokines production, which can affect the function of neonatal immune system.

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AHMAD EL-ASKARY, M.D., S. A. M., M. D. ;, & MOHAMED M. KHALIFA, M.D., A. A. E.-T., M. D. ; (2018). Effect of Neonatal Phototherapy on Serum Levels of Interleukin 1, 6, 8, TNFa and White Blood Cell Count. The Medical Journal of Cairo University, 86(December), 3767–3772. https://doi.org/10.21608/mjcu.2018.61491

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