Analysis of bilirubin undine 5′-diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase gene mutations in seven patients with Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-114

  Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Soeda, Yoko ^b   Kamisako, Toshinori ^c   Hosaka, Hiroo ^d   Fukano, Miya ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiyama, Yoshihide ^a   Adachi, Yukihiko ^e   Satoh, Yuzuru ^b   Bamba, Tadao ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Saiseikai Yokohama City Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crigler Najjar syndrome type II; Inheritance; Mutation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN GLUCURONOSIDE GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; DOMINANT GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; RECESSIVE GENE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CRIGLER-NAJJAR SYNDROME; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0031616354     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100380050050     Document Type: Article

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