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I am grateful to Drs Jon Tyson, Tom Newman, Thor Hansen and Henk Vreman for their input and critical review of this manuscript and to Dr. Jerold Lucey for reviewing the manuscript and for many discussions over some 40 years about phototherapy and the jaundiced newborn.
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Based on the Thomas E. Cone Jr, MD, Lecture on Perinatal History, given at the Section on Perinatal Pediatrics, American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, 26 October 2013.
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Maisels, M. Sister Jean Ward, phototherapy, and jaundice: a unique human and photochemical interaction. J Perinatol 35, 671–675 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2015.56
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