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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 76 |
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Authors' reply
Umar Amin Qureshi1, Nisar Ahmad2, Akhter Rasool1, Suhail Choh1
1 Department of Neonatology and Pediatrics, SKIMS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, SKIMS, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
| Date of Web Publication | 24-Sep-2010 |
Correspondence Address:
Umar Amin Qureshi
Post Box No. 1402, GPO Srinagar, Kashmir
India
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PMID: 20975791 
How to cite this article:
Qureshi UA, Ahmad N, Rasool A, Choh S. Authors' reply. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2010;15:76 |
Sir,
In response to the above query, the authors would like to mention that the cause of indirect hyperbilirubinemia was investigated on the lines of hemolytic anemia (peripheral blood film - spherocytosis; G6PD levels - G6PD deficiency), sepsis (hemogram, C-reactive protein, blood culture), urinary tract infection (urine microscopy and culture), hypothyroidism (thyroid function tests) and galactosemia (urine-reducing substance). Investigations were normal. Breast feeding was stopped for 24 h to rule out breast milk jaundice. Screening for rare metabolic disorders was not pursued once diagnosis of adrenal hemorrhage, a known cause of neonatal jaundice, was confirmed.
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