Severe neonatal jaundice: Analysis of possible associated factors in infants from Accra.
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1973
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Ghana Medical Journal
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Possible etiological factors associated with severe neonatal jaundice (total serum bilirubin > 20 mg/100 ml) were evaluated in 35 infants from Accra. ABO incompatibility (without serological evidence) was present in 14/35 infants; G 6 PD deficiency was present in 13/35 infants and in 10/35 of the infants no apparent cause for the hyperbilirubinemia was found. Clinical evidence for central nervous system involvement was present in 13 of the 35 infants on admission. Mortality as a result of kernicterus was 8.6%.
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Nkrumah, F. K. (1973). Severe neonatal jaundice: Analysis of possible associated factors in infants from Accra. Ghana Medical Journal, 12(2), 160-165.