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All the now known causes of kernicterus are reviewed on the basis of personal experience and the published work. Each cause is briefly discussed.
The pathogenesis of neonatal haemolytic disease due to rhesus and ABO incompatibilities is studied in detail. The danger of administering substances containing water‐soluble A and B blood‐group substances (some vaccines, hormones and organ extracts), likely to result in an anti‐A or anti‐B sensitisation of the mother, is emphasised in the light of recent pers… Show more
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