(TA)n UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 promoter polymorphism in Nigerian neonates

Pediatric Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-111

  Kaplan, Michael ^a,e   Slusher, Tina ^b   Renbaum, Paul ^a   Essiet, Dominic F ^c   Pam, Sunday ^d   Levy Lahad, Ephrat ^a   Hammerman, Cathy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEWS; NIGERIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37549000967     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31815b8e7e     Document Type: Article

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