Treatment of the Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I with hepatocyte transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 1422-1426

  Fox, Ira J ^a   Chowdhury, Jayanta Roy ^c   Kaufman, Stuart S ^a   Goertzen, Timothy C ^a   Chowdhury, Namita Roy ^c   Warkentin, Phyllis I ^b   Dorko, Kenneth ^d   Sauter, Bernhard V ^c   Strom, Stephen C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIRUBIN; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CRIGLER-NAJJAR SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0032516268     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805143382004     Document Type: Article

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