Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia

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Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia is an inherited metabolic disorder. Babies with this disorder are born with severe jaundice.

Lucey-Driscol syndrome

Transient familial hyperbilirubinemia is thought to be an autosomal recessive inherited disorder. It occurs when the body does not properly break down (metabolize) bilirubin. Bilirubin levels rapidly build up in the body. These high levels are poisonous to the brain and can cause death.

Review Date: 08/08/2005
Reviewed By: Christos Ballas, M.D., Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.