RT Book, Section
A1 Brites, Dora
A1 Brito, Maria Alexandra
A2 Stevenson, David K.
A2 Maisels, M. Jeffrey
A2 Watchko, Jon F.
SR Print(0)
ID 56322515
T1 Chapter 7. Bilirubin Toxicity
T2 Care of the Jaundiced Neonate
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176289-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56322515
RD 2024/04/19
AB For  many  years,  unconjugated  bilirubin  (UCB)  was  thought  to  be  a  useless  waste  product  of  heme  catabolism,  with  no  physiological  function,  but  with  potential  toxicity.  Toxicity  resulting  from  unconjugated  hyperbilirubinemia  has  been  known  for  more  than  a  century,  since  the  landmark  study  of  Schmorl  describing  autopsy  findings  from  120  jaundiced  infants,  as  cited  by  Hansen.1