Variability in the UGT-1 gene promoter and Gilbert's syndrome;Distribución del genotipo A(TA)7TAA asociado al síndrome de Gilbert en la población española

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 540-541

  Salazar, José Miguel Fernández ^a   Sevilla, Ángel Remacha ^b   Conde, Elisabeth Del Río ^b   Bastús, Montserrat Baiget ^b  

^a Department of Digestive Diseases   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gilbert's syndrome; TA repeat; UGT 1 gene

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; SPAIN;

ALLELES; BLOOD DONORS; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPAIN;

EID: 0034727348     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71617-4     Document Type: Article

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