Catalog

Kernicterus due to isoimmunization

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Link to WHO Definition

Kernicterus due to isoimmunization – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1111245443

A condition characterised as a dysfunction of the brain due to increased levels of bilirubin on the serum resulting in bilirubin build-up in the grey matter of the central nervous system caused by the transmission of IgG antibodies against the Rhesus factor of blood from the mother to the child via the placenta that break-down of the red blood cells of the fetus.