A serious form of jaundice in newborns is known as:
A. bilirubinemia
B. hepatitis
C. serum toxicity
D. kernicterus
d
Rationale: 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 biliru-bin may enter the brain and cause kernicterus.
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