Neonatal jaundice and bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 gene polymorphism in Turkish patients

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-380

  Babaoglu, Melih O ^a   Yigit, Sule ^a   Aynacioglu, A Sukru ^b   Kerb, Reinhold ^b   Yurdakok, Murat ^a   Bozkurt, Atila ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Epidauros Biotechnologie AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; THYMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TURKEY;

EID: 33645743692     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2006.pto_341.x     Document Type: Article

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