J. FLAMAND CHRISTENSEN's research while affiliated with Children's Hospital of Orange County and other places
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Publication (1)
Among 11 cases of congenital myxedema, five had prolonged neonatal icterus of more than two months duration. It is assumed that the slow maturation of the organs in congenital myxedema results in a deepening and prolongation of a physiologic icterus.
A prolonged physiologic icterus may consequently be the first sign of myxedema and in this way help...
Citations
... Since typical icterus appears in some 50% of hepatitis cases recognition of health status would provide some selective advantage. It also appears in congenital myxedema allowing parents to recognize illness or deformity in a new born as well as in hemolytic disease of the spleen [139,140]. ...
