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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Hyperbilirubinemia > Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal > Jaundice, Neonatal
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal > Jaundice, Neonatal

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Jaundice, Neonatal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Neonatal Jaundice

Note

  • check the tag INFANT, NEWBORN

Scope note

  • Yellow discoloration of the SKIN; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; and SCLERA in the NEWBORN. It is a sign of NEONATAL HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA. Most cases are transient self-limiting (PHYSIOLOGICAL NEONATAL JAUNDICE) occurring in the first week of life, but some can be a sign of pathological disorders, particularly LIVER DISEASES.

History note

  • 1966; for ICTERUS GRAVIS NEONATORUM use ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETAL 1975-2005

In other languages

  • vastasyntyneen ikterus

    Finnish

  • fysiologinen vastasyntyneen keltaisuus
  • icterus neonatalis
  • icterus neonatalis non specificata
  • icterus physiologicus fortis prolongatus NAS
  • muuten määrittämätön voimakas pitkittynyt fysiologinen keltaisuus
  • määrittämätön vastasyntyneen keltaisuus
  • neonataali-ikterus
  • neonataalikeltaisuus
  • vastasyntyneen keltaisuus
  • vastasyntyneen keltatauti
  • Gulsot hos nyfödda

    Swedish

  • Allvarlig gulsot hos nyfödda
  • Fysiologisk gulsot hos nyfödda
  • Ikterus hos nyfödda

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007567

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