Kernicterus
By: David W. McCandless
Series: Contemporary clinical neuroscience; Contemporary clinical neuroscience
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781441965547; 9781441965554
Subjects: Kernicterus
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-271) and index.
Table of contents: title: World health concerns; title: History of bilirubin; title: Biochemistry and physiology of bilirubin; title: Premature birth; title: Erythroblastosis fetalis; title: Gunn rat model; title: Crigler-Naijar syndrome; title: Neuropathology of kernicterus; title: Bilirubin and energy metabolism; title: Jaundice and other biochemical changes; title: Breast milk jaundice; title: Jaundice in malaria; title: Jaundice in congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; title: Phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia; title: Non-phototherapy treatment; title: Hyperbilirubinemia revisited; title: Auditory brainstem response; title: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis; title: Kernicterus in older children and adults; title: Cerebral palsy and counseling; title: Neurological sequelae from jaundice; title: Neurobehavioral teratology; title: Gene therapy for hyperbilirubinemia; title: Comments and future directions.