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Describe lucey-driscoll syndrome please.?

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Newborn jaundice: Lucey-driscoll syndrome is a from of temporary newborn jaundice that runs in families. It's a recessive condition: if both parents are carriers it happens in about 1/4 of their kids on average. The baby's body can't properly breakdown bilirubin, so bilirubin levels can get quite high, causing severe jaundice. It's important to treat the jaundice in lucey-driscoll syndrome.

Answered 10/29/2012

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Dr. Darrell Herrington answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Genetic: Rare disorder of bilirubin metabolism which causes severe, possibly fatal jaundice, with pathology secondary to brain damage.

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