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breast milk jaundice
A benign disorder characterized by mild hyperbilirubinemia secondary to either a beta-glucuronidase that metabolizes bilirubin diglucuronide or a fatty acid or steroid (5-beta- pregnane-3-alpha-20-alpha-diol) that inhibits UDP-glucuronyl- transferase.
General
liver disease
References
Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed),
WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 372