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=Paediatric pathology=
=Paediatric pathology=
==Kernicterus==
===General===
*Due to hyperbilirubinemia.<ref name=pmid7063283>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Turkel | first1 = SB. | last2 = Miller | first2 = CA. | last3 = Guttenberg | first3 = ME. | last4 = Moynes | first4 = DR. | last5 = Godgman | first5 = JE. | title = A clinical pathologic reappraisal of kernicterus. | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 267-72 | month = Mar | year = 1982 | doi =  | PMID = 7063283 }}</ref>
**Should be associated with clinical elevation of bilirubin.
===Gross===
*Yellow staining of the basal ganglia.<ref name=pmid10920171>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hansen | first1 = TW. | last2 = Hervieux | first2 = JF. | last3 = Orth | first3 = J. | last4 = Schmorl | first4 = CG. | last5 = Baumes | first5 = JB. | title = Pioneers in the scientific study of neonatal jaundice and kernicterus. | journal = Pediatrics | volume = 106 | issue = 2 | pages = E15 | month = Aug | year = 2000 | doi =  | PMID = 10920171 }}</ref>
Note:
*May not be specific.<ref name=pmid7063283/>
Image:
*[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6275988844_422aec89c7.jpg Kernicterus (flickr.com)].
===Joubert syndrome===
===Joubert syndrome===
*Malformation of the cerebellar vermis.<ref name=ninds_joubert>[http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm]</ref>
*Malformation of the cerebellar vermis.<ref name=ninds_joubert>[http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/joubert/joubert.htm]</ref>


===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
*Autosomal recessive - mutation in a number of genes including NPHP1, AHI1, and CEP290.<ref name=ninds_joubert/>  
*Autosomal recessive - mutation in a number of genes including NPHP1, AHI1, and CEP290.<ref name=ninds_joubert/>


=Weird stuff=
=Weird stuff=
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