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62 - Connected Bilirubin

The Curious Clinicians

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Is There a Parallel to Conjugated Bilirubin Damage?

Tony: I always assumed that direct and indirect were sort of a parallel to conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin. Why is this specific enzymatic function so preserved? Like, you have one hepatocyte left and it's like, you know what I'm going to do? My last iron breath, I am going to conjugate bilirub in damage. Tony: There are mushrooms that our ancestors probably ate that made them turn or made them have liver failure. The presence of something called delta bilirubins can be symptomatic of early acute liver injury.

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