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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1981;57:S25-S27
© 1981 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Cirrhosis and Fetal Hyperbilirubinemia

DAVID B. COTTON, MD, BARRY J. BROCK, BEng, MD, CM and BARRY S. SCHIFRIN, MD

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, and the Women's Hospital, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Abstract

A case of fulminating liver failure during pregnancy, resulting from maternal cirrhosis in which fetal distress developed during labor and the mother died post partum, is presented. The effects of maternal unconjugated bilirubin levels and the possibility of kernicterus developing in utero are discussed.






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