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Infants who survive may develop:
opisthotonus (abnormal posturing that involves rigidity and severe arching of the back, with the head thrown backward) rigidity oculomotor paralysis tremors
Cho Sooyoung - sooyoung.cho@mail.utoronto.ca 1/22
hearing loss, and ataxia
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CLIPP 8 - neonatal jaundicects of high levels of unconjugated bilirubin.
Sequelae
Severely affected newborn infants may:
lose the suck reflex become lethargic develop hyperirritability and seizures, and ultimately die
<span>Infants who survive may develop:
opisthotonus (abnormal posturing that involves rigidity and severe arching of the back, with the head thrown backward) rigidity oculomotor paralysis tremors
Cho Sooyoung - sooyoung.cho@mail.utoronto.ca 1/22
hearing loss, and ataxia
Screening and Treatment
In the past, kernicterus among full-term newborn infants primarily resulted from the hemolysis and subsequent unconjugated hyperbilirub Summary
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