Kernicterus
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Broader Terms
brain disorder, hyperbilirubinemia
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Related Terms
erythroblastosis fetalis, perinatal blood group incompatibility
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Scope Note
brain disorder associated with high levels of bilrubin; clinical features include athetosis, muscle spasticity or hypotonia, impaired vertical gaze, and deafness; nonconjugated bilirubin enters the brain and acts as a neurotoxin, often in association with conditions that impair the blood-brain barrier; this condition occurs primarily in neonates with perinatal blood incompatibilities, but may rarely occur in adults.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Kernicterus is due to marked jaundice in the newborn period.
- The hallmark of kernicterus is cerebral palsy.
- Kernicterus is preventable.
- Kernicterus Important It is possible that the main title of the report Kernicterus is not the name you expected.
- Kernicterus is a preventable disability that results from brain damage caused by severe levels of jaundice.
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