Jaundice is known as hyperbilirubinemia, It is defined as a yellow discoloration of the body tissue resulting from the accumulation of excess bilirubin, Bilirubin deposition takes place only when there is an excess of...
In unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia, elevated serum or plasma bilirubin levels are above the reference range of the laboratory, Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia is due to dysregulation in the bilirubin metabolism that includes increased production, impaired hepatic uptake,...
The liver cells excrete a number of substances. Among the most important of these are bile pigments “bilirubin and biliverdin”, which are the major end-products of hemoglobin and myoglobin metabolism. They have no digestive...
