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Washington University Experience | METABOLIC | Kernicterus | 1A1 Kernicterus (Case 1) 2

Case 1 History ---- This was a premature (2150gm) jaundiced female infant with a history of erythroblastosis fetalis due to Rh incompatibility who lived for 2 days after birth with hyaline membrane disease and intra-alveolar hemorrhage, ---- At autopsy this 300 gram brain showed marked yellowing of the basal ganglia, hippocampus and portions of the brain stem.

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