In a message dated 12/15/98 11:08:38 PM Central Standard Time,
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Andrew says:

<< It is interesting to note that ALL infants who suffered from kernicterus in
 the U.S. for the past 8 years were ALL breastfed infants!  Something is going
 on here!  What?
 Kernicterus, aka bilirubin encephalopathy, is a condition with severe neural
 symptoms associated with high levels of bilirubin in the blood.  In spite of
 what is taught, kernicterus can occur in full-term "healthy" infants instead
 of just the premies. >>

Did the babies have Lucie-Driscoll syndrome?  This has nothing whatsoever to
do with breastfeeding, and would be just as "lethal" in a formula fed infant.
Do we know WHY the bilis were so high?  If kernicterus occurs, the infant may
be full term, but is not "healthy."  What was the diagnosis?

Jan Barger -- curious in Wheaton