The Liley technique used to obtain an indirect measure of amniotic fluid bilirubin is compared with a direct spectrophotometric bilirubin method which corrects for interference from pigments and turbidity. The relationship established enables results from the spectrophotometric method to be used in conjunction with the clinical interpretation chart originally described by Liley.
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