Hereditary spherocytosis in 3 children coexisting with UDP-glucuronyl transferase 1A1 deficiency

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-123

  Shiota, Mitsutaka ^a   Asada, Junko ^b   Nishida, Hitoshi ^a   Kumakura, Akira ^a   Yoshioka, Takakazu ^a   Hata, Atsuko ^a   Watanabe, Ken ^a   Maruo, Yoshihiro ^c   Kato, Junko ^d   Ideguchi, Hiroshi ^e   Nakanishi, Hidekazu ^f   Sugihara, Takashi ^f   Hata, Daisuke ^a  

^a Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO KATSURA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Department of Laboratory Medicine ^*

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Gilbert syndrome; Hereditary spherocytosis; UDP glucuronyltransferase 1A1 deficiency; UGT1A1

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; ALPHA 1,4 GLUCAN PROTEIN SYNTHASE (UDP FORMING); ALPHA-1,4-GLUCAN-PROTEIN SYNTHASE (UDP-FORMING); GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1 DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETICS; MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BILIRUBIN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY HEALTH; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 60849099372     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318190d9cf     Document Type: Article

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