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La ictericia es una condición producida cuando cantidades excesivas de bilirrubina que circulan en el torrente sanguíneo se disuelven en la grasa subcutánea (la capa de grasa que está justo por debajo de la piel), ocasionando una apariencia amarillenta de la piel y de la parte blanca de los ojos. Con excepción de la ictericia normal del recién nacido durante la primera semana de vida, todos los otros casos de ictericia indican sobrecarga o daño al hígado, o incapacidad para movilizar la bilirrubina desde el hígado a través del tracto biliar hasta los intestinos.

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