Cirrhosis and fetal hyperbilirubinemia

Cotton, D.B.; Brock, B.J.; Schifrin, B.S.

Obstetrics and Gynecology 57(6 Suppl): 25s-27s

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844
PMID: 7243117
Document Number: 180330
A case of fulminating liver failure during pregnancy, resulting from maternal cirrhosis in which fetal distress developed during labor and the mother died post partum, is presented. The effects of maternal unconjugated bilirubin levels and the possibility of kernicterus developing in utero are discussed.

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