A causal relationship between UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 promoter polymorphism and idiopathic hyperbilirubinemia in Turkish newborns

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Ergin, Hacer ^a   Bican, Mevlüt ^b   Atalay, Ö Erol ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Children's Hospital at Sanliurfa   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ABO incompatibility; Breast feeding; Gilbert syndrome; Glucose6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hyperbilirubinemia; Promoter polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BILIRUBIN; GENOMIC DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GILBERT DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

GENOTYPE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77950378443     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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