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KMID : 0367419690100020041
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1969 Volume.10 No. 2 p.41 ~ p.43
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Acute Hemolytic Anemia due to Naphthalene
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孫基勇/Sohn, Ki Yong
李滿載/林英子/姜熙雄/Lee, Man Jae/Lim, Young Ja/Kang, Hee Woong
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Abstract
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A case of naphthalene poisoning is reported in a five-day-old male baby, spontaneously delivered after a normal full-term prehnancy, and with a birth weight of 3.2 kg. He was the fourth child of healthy parents. On the second day of life, he was dressed in clothing heavily impregnated with naphthalene moth-balls for about two years. On the third day, jaundice was noticed and increased graduaily. On admission, the hemoglobin was 15 gm%, total bilirubin 44.3 mg (indirect 40.8 mg). He was exchange-transfused with excellent result. This unusual hemolytic process was attributed to the metabolic immaturity of mewborn infants, and not to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, though a complete study was not made. A brief review of the literature is added, with an emphasis of preventive measures.
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