Premium
BILIRUBIN METABOLISM IN DISEASE
Author(s) -
WATSON D.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1963.12.1.53
Subject(s) - bilirubin , metabolism , disease , bile pigments , medicine , pregnancy , physiology , biology , genetics
SUMMARY This paper presents a factual and critical account of our present knowledge of bilirubin metabolism in human disease. The biochemistry of the bile pigments is reviewed as it is related to various clinical states ; aspects of hepatic diseases, hepatotoxicity, hæmolytic disorders, abnormal pregnancy and fætal and neonatal life are discussed. The clinical biochemistry of familial disorders of bilirubin metabolism is also outlined.