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. 2001 Aug;139(2):317-9.
doi: 10.1067/mpd.2001.116281.

Benzyl alcohol, kernicterus, and unbound bilirubin

C E Ahlfors  1
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Benzyl alcohol, kernicterus, and unbound bilirubin

C E Ahlfors. J Pediatr. 2001 Aug.

Abstract

A prospective study in 1983 demonstrated no significant relationship between serum unbound bilirubin levels and kernicterus. The presence of benzoate (a bilirubin-binding competitor) in the serum along with sample dilution, however, may have rendered the unbound bilirubin measurements in that study inaccurate.

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