Kernicterus

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McCandless, David W. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Σειρά: Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurochemistry.; Clinical nutrition.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Clinical Nutrition.

Kernicterus is an excellent example of a metabolic encephalopathy. It clearly produces a biochemical lesion early when bilirubin first enters the brain. If initial staining can be minimized or reversed, permanent damage can be avoided. This takes strict attention to detail, and a keen ability for ti...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Dedication page
• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Key words.-Chapter 1 Prologue: Hyperbilirubinemia, kernicterus, and world health concerns.-Chapter 2 History of bilirubin.-Chapter 3 Biochemistry and physiology of bilirubin
• Chapter 4 Prematurity
• Chapter 5 Erythroblastosis fetalis
• Chapter 6 Gunn rats
• Chapter 7 Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
• Chapter 8 Neuropathology of kernicterus
• Chapter 9 Bilirubin and energy metabolism
• Chapter 10 Bilirubin and other biochemical changes
• Chapter 11 Jaundice and breast milk
• Chapter 12 Jaundice and malaria
• Chapter 13 Jaundice and congenital pyloric stenosis
• Chapter 14 Phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia
• Chapter 15 Non phototherapy treatment
• Chapter 16 Hyperbilirubinemia revisited
• Chapter 17 Auditory brainstem response
• Chapter 18 Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
• Chapter 19 Kernicterus in older children and adults
• Chapter 20 Cerebral palsy and counseling
• Chapter 21 Neurological sequelae from jaundice
• Chapter 22 Neurobehavioral teratology
• Chapter 23 Gene therapy for hyperbilirubinemia
• Chapter 24 Epilog: Kernicterus: comments and future directions
• Appendix
• References
• Index.