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Breast fed infants may develop unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia due to pregnane-3(alpha), 20(beta)-diol which is contained in maternal milk. 4 cases of prolonged unconjugated^hyperbilirubinemia are described here in association with breast feeding. The jaundice developed at the age of 3-4 days and persisted until 16-37 days old age. We tried to find out all known causative factors which might induce jaundice in... |
