What is a transcutaneous bilirubin?

Bilirubin is a pigment in bile created during the breakdown of haemoglobin, which is then excreted from the body in bile. It is bilirubin which gives people the characteristic yellow colour in...

Actually bilirubin is usually produced by the liver as a result of deamination of amino acid in the liver which is sent to the kidney as nitrogenous waste through the blood in which selective...

bill'-ih-roo'-bin

produced when the body breaks down old red blood cells. Normally, the liver processes the bilirubin and excretes it in the stool.

Bilirubin levels can be measured by blood tests