Co-inherited Gilbert's syndrome: A factor determining hyperbilirubinemia in homozygous β-thalassemia

Haematologica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-105

  Galanello, Renzo ^a,b   Cipollina, Maria Dolores ^a   Dessì, Carlo ^a   Giagu, Nicolina ^a   Lai, Eliana ^a   Cao, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gilbert's syndrome; Homozygous thalassemia; Hyperbilirubinemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BETA THALASSEMIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; GILBERT DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032852420     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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