Open AccessArias icterus: Prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia caused by breast milk
Author(s) -
Marija Mladenović,
Nedeljko Radlović,
Dragana Ristić,
Zoran Leković,
Petar Radlović,
Momčilo Pavlović,
Milan Gajić,
Marijana Puskarevic,
Ivana Davidovic,
Jelena Djurdjević
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2406-0895
pISSN - 0370-8179
DOI - 10.2298/sarh0712655m
Subject(s) - jaundice , medicine , breast milk , unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia , bilirubin , breast feeding , physiology , pediatrics , endocrinology , gastroenterology , biochemistry , biology
Breast milk jaundice occurs in 1-2% of healthy breast-fed newborns and young infants. It develops as the result of liver immaturity and the inhibitory effect of mother's milk to the clearance of unconjugated bilirubin.