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If the sclerae appear yellow in daylight, the serum bilirubin level can be expected to be above 17.1 μmol/liter (1 mg/100 ml). Infants and young children may seem “jaundiced” due to ingestion of large amounts of carotene or of xanthophyll, pigments found in carrots and other vegetables. These pigments impart to the skin (occasionally also to the sclera) a reddish-yellow color. Yellow discoloration of the skin without increase in serum bilirubin levels may occur at any age from certain drugs.
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Ewerbeck, H. (1980). Jaundice (Icterus). In: Differential Diagnosis in Pediatrics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6074-5_17
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