Benzyl alcohol, kernicterus, and unbound bilirubin.

Ahlfors, C E · J Pediatr · 2001

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

A prospective study in 1983 demonstrated no significant relationship between serum unbound bilirubin levels and kernicterus. The presence of benzoate (a bilirubin-binding competitor) in the serum along with sample dilution, however, may have rendered the unbound bilirubin measurements in that study inaccurate.

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