breast milk jaundice

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Introduction

A benign disorder characterized by mild hyperbilirubinemia secondary to either a beta-glucuronidase that metabolizes bilirubin diglucuronide or a fatty acid or steroid (5-beta- pregnane-3-alpha-20-alpha-diol) that inhibits UDP-glucuronyl- transferase.

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References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 372