Gilbert's syndrome - A frequent cause of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in children after orthotopic liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-204

  Kathemann, Simone ^a   Lainka, Elke ^a   Baba, Hideo A ^a   Hoyer, Peter F ^a   Gerner, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

children; Gilbert syndrome; hyperbilirubinemia; liver transplantation; UDP glucuronosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; DNA; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GILBERT DISEASE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84857562673     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2012.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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