Analysis of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase gene in Portuguese patients with a clinical diagnosis of Gilbert and Crigler-Najjar syndromes

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Costa, Elísio ^a   Vieira, Emília ^b   Martins, Marcia ^b   Saraiva, Jorge ^c   Cancela, Eugénia ^d   Costa, Miguel ^e   Bauerle, Roswitha ^f   Freitas, Teresa ^g   Carvalho, João R ^g   Santos Silva, Ermelinda ^h   Barbot, José ^h   Dos Santos, Rosário ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Hospital de Viseu   (Portugal)

^e Hospital de Oliveira de Azeméis   (Portugal)

^f Hospital de Viana Do Castelo   (Portugal)

^g CENTRO HOSPITALAR DE VILA NOVA DE GAIA ESPINHO   (Portugal)

^h HOSPITAL MARIA PIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crigler Najjar syndrome; Gilbert syndrome; Hyperbilirubinemia; Mutations; UGT1A1

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 30344450837     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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