PEDIATRICS Vol. 91 No. 6 June 1993, pp. 1218-1219
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Bilirubin and Brain Toxicity in Neonates: Dead but Won't Lie Down?

THOR WILLY RUUD HANSEN MD, PHD1

1 Division of Neonatology, Aker Hospital, N-0514 Oslo, Norway

To the Editor.—

During a meeting a few years ago, while discussing the issue of bilirubin and neurotoxicity, Dr Timos Valaes, a notable expert in the bilirubin field, suggested to me that "we may be flogging a dead horse." A couple of provocative articles recently published in Pediatrics seem to argue along the same lines.1,2 However, commentaries on those same articles, as well as the continued scientific interest in bilirubin neurotoxicity, suggest that the "animal" may still be standing.