loading...| Preferred Name |
Kernicterus |
| Definitions |
Damage to cerebral nuclei caused in infants by highly increased levels of unconjugated bilirubin. The basal ganglia and brainstem nuclei could be shown to have a yellow staining historically in infants who died of kernicterus, that is, kernicterus is strictly speaking a pathological diagnosis. The presence of kernicterus may be inferred in infants with characteristic acute or chronic bilirubin-induced neurological dysfunction. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001343 |
| database_cross_reference |
MSH:D007647 SNOMEDCT_US:50143004 SNOMEDCT_US:74925009 UMLS:C0022610 |
| definition |
Damage to cerebral nuclei caused in infants by highly increased levels of unconjugated bilirubin. The basal ganglia and brainstem nuclei could be shown to have a yellow staining historically in infants who died of kernicterus, that is, kernicterus is strictly speaking a pathological diagnosis. The presence of kernicterus may be inferred in infants with characteristic acute or chronic bilirubin-induced neurological dysfunction. |
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human_phenotype |
| id |
HP:0001343 |
| label |
Kernicterus |
| notation |
HP:0001343 |
| prefLabel |
Kernicterus |
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