Phenotype heterogeneity of hyperbilirubinemia condition: The lesson by coinheritance of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and Crigler-Najjar Syndrome type II in an Italian patient

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-119

  Minucci, Angelo ^a   Canu, Giulia ^a   Tellone, Ester ^b   Giardina, Bruno ^a   Zuppi, Cecilia ^a   Capoluongo, Ettore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; G6PD GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; UGT1A1 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CRIGLER-NAJJAR SYNDROME; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84863816067     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2012.05.004     Document Type: Letter

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