Melloporphyrrins in Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

[thabit]

Dear colleagues..
Best Wishes..
any one has an experience in using Metalloporphyrrins in neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia..
Thanks

[JACK]

Though I have never used these myself, I found these three aarticles which you might find infomative:

1) 1. Drummond GS, Kappas A. Chemoprevention of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Semin. Perinatol. 2004 Oct ;28(5):365-368.

2) 1. Reddy P, Najundaswamy S, Mehta R, Petrova A, Hegyi T. Tin-mesoporphyrin in the Treatment of Severe Hyperbilirubinemia in a Very-low-birth-weight Infant. J Perinatol. 0 ;23(6):507-508. LINK to Free Article (http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/v23/n6/pdf/7210943a.pdf)

3) 1. Kappas A, Drummond GS, Munson DP, Marshall JR. Sn-Mesoporphyrin interdiction of severe hyperbilirubinemia in Jehovah's Witness newborns as an alternative to exchange transfusion. Pediatrics. 2001 Dec ;108(6):1374-1377.
LINK to Free Article (http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/108/6/1374)