A prolonged neonatal jaundice associated with a rare G6PD mutation

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-478

  Minucci, Angelo ^a   Concolino, Paola ^a   De Luca, Daniele ^a   Giardina, Bruno ^a   Zuppi, Cecilia ^a   Capoluongo, Ettore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Favism; G6PD Italian mutation; Heterozygous females; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME DEFECT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERNICTERUS; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 67651225645     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22046     Document Type: Article

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