Jaundice:

Terms Related to Jaundice

• Obstructive, Intrahepatic Jaundice

  Intrahepatic impairment of bile flow. It is usually due to liver cell damage, but may be due to obstruction of intrahepatic bile ducts. It is ...

• Hemolytic Jaundice

  Anemia due to decreased life span of erythrocytes.

• Spirochetal Jaundice

  A severe form of LEPTOSPIROSIS caused by Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagica and transmitted to man by the rat.

• Neonatal Jaundice

  A transient unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that occurs between the second and fifth days of life because the hepatic enzyme GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE required for BILIRUBIN detoxification is inadquedate.

• Chronic Idiopathic Jaundice

  A benign, autosomally recessive inherited hyperbilirubinemia characterized by the presence of a dark pigment in the centrilobular region of the liver cells. There is a ...

• Intrahepatic Biliary Stasis

  Intrahepatic impairment of bile flow. It is usually due to liver cell damage, but may be due to obstruction of intrahepatic bile ducts. It is ...