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Neonatal jaundice

neonatal jaundice --> icterus neonatorum

icterus which can be accentuated by many factors including excessive haemolysis, sepsis, neonatal hepatitis or congenital atresia of the biliary system.

Synonym: physiologic icterus, jaundice of the newborn, neonatal jaundice, physiologic jaundice.


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erythroblastosis fetalis

... morbidity in many survivors. Prior to 1936, four seemingly distinct neonatal syndromes had been identified: fetal hydrops; fetal erythroblastosis ... in fetal organs; icterus gravis familiaris, a severe neonatal jaundice that often affected subsequent infants; and severe anemia in surviving ...

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by Dr.Stein
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