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Clinical and experimental| Volume 44, ISSUE 2, P273-279, August 1954

Jaundice and xanthochromia of the spinal fluid

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      Abstract

      Measurements of serum and spinal fluid bilirubin from twenty jaundiced patients are presented. Detectable amounts were present in the spinal fluid in every case, including those with jaundice of recent onset. The relationship between serum and spinal fluid bilirubin in our cases is discussed, as well as the clinical implications of the data.
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