Late neurological sequelae of non-hemolytic hyperbilirubinemia of healthy term neonates.
Records of the only children's hospital equipped to perform exchange transfusions in West Berlin were used to identify all 29 non-hemolytic healthy term newborns with total serum bilirubin between 20 and 30 mg/dL, 16 of whom were available for follow-up neurological examination according to Touwen. Compared to 18 case controls with bilirubin <12 mg/dL, jaundiced children scored significantly worse only on the choreiform dyskinesia scale.
Department of Neonatology, Charité/Virchow Hospital, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Berger-Jones
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Bührer
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Brandl
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Obladen
D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013997:Time Factors
D001663:Bilirubin