Contribution of the TATA-box genotype (Gilbert syndrome) to serum bilirubin concentrations in the Italian population

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 897-898

  Biondi, Maria Luisa ^a   Turri, Olivia ^a   Dilillo, Dario ^b   Stival, Giorgio ^b   Guagnellini, Emma ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TATA BOX;

EID: 0033054393     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.6.897     Document Type: Article

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