LABOROTORY-CLINICAL- NEUROLOGICAL STATUS OF BILIRUBIN ENCEPHALOPATHY IN NEWBORN AND EARLY CHILDREN
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International Journals of Sciences and High Technologies
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Jaundice is a common and often benign problem in neonates. In the first week of life around 60% of term neonates and 80% of preterm neonates develop jaundice. For yet unidentified reasons, bilirubin predominantly accumulates in the deep nuclei of the brain upon severe hyperbilirubinemia.
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kernicterus, bilirubin induced neurologic dysfunction, hyperbilirubinemia, bilirubin encephalopathy, newborn jaundice