Figure 1 A 23-year-old woman who was admitted for jaundice was found to have yellow-orange discoloration of her skin (her hand is shown on the right, and the hand of a subject
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[…] hi"per-kar" cah te ne' me-ah an excessive amount of carotene in the blood usually associated with a yellow discoloration of the skin. hy·per·car·o·te·ne·mi·a ( hīpĕr-kārŏ-tĕ-nēmē-ă
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Yellow discoloration of the skin may be associated with carotenemia, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipoproteinemia, liver disease, and renal disease, meaning that
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