Medical Term:
familial nonhemolytic jaundice
Definition: mild jaundice due to increased amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma without evidence of liver damage, biliary obstruction, or hemolysis; thought to be due to an inborn error of metabolism in which the excretion of bilirubin by the liver is defective, ascribed to decreased conjugation of bilirubin as a glucuronide or impaired uptake of hepatic bilirubin; autosomal dominant inheritance.
Synonym(s): benign familial icterus, constitutional hepatic dysfunction, Gilbert syndrome
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