hemolytic jaundice

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(thing) by BioTech (7.9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Sun Aug 11 2002 at 20:45:58
Hemolytic jaundice is a type of jaundice where the skin takes on a yellowish hue due to released blood pigments. It occurs after many red blood cells have been destroyed (by hemolysis) by antibodies or microbes.

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