UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene promoter polymorphism is associated with increased serum bilirubin levels and cholecystectomy in patients with sickle cell anemia [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-162

  Fertrin, K Y ^b   Melo, M B ^b   Assis, A M ^b   Saad, S T O ^b   Costa, Fernando F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; BILIARY TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INHERITANCE; LETTER; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; WILD TYPE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BILIRUBIN; BRAZIL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0043133530     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2003.00113.x     Document Type: Letter

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