A serious form of jaundice in newborns is known as:
A) bilirubinemia
B) hepatitis
C) serum toxicity
D) kernicterus
D) kernicterus
Kernicterus is a serious form of jaundice in newborns. Drugs given to a neonate who has jaundice can replace bilirubin from albumin, and because of the greater permeability of a neonate's blood-brain barrier, large amounts of bilirubin may enter the brain and cause kernicterus.
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