Hiperbilirrubinemia familiar transitoria

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Hiperbilirrubinemia familiar transitoria

Definición:

La hiperbilirrubinemia familiar transitoria es un trastorno metabólico que se transmite de padres a hijos. Los bebés que padecen este trastorno nacen con ictericia severa.

Nombres alternativos:

Síndrome de Lucey-Driscol

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Se cree que la hiperbilirrubinemia familiar transitoria es un trastorno hereditario, autosómico recesivo , que ocurre cuando el cuerpo no descompone o metaboliza apropiadamente una cierta forma de bilirrubina , lo cual hace que los niveles de ésta se acumulen rápidamente en el organismo. Los niveles altos son tóxicos para el cerebro y pueden causar la muerte del individuo.

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