Analysis of bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase gene mutations in an unusual Crigler-Najjar syndrome patient

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 667-669

  Liu, Wei Liang ^a   Li, Fang ^a   He, Zhi Xu ^a   Jiang, Hong Yu ^a   Ai, Rong ^a   Chen, Xiao Xia ^a   Huang, Kang ^a  

^a GUIZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilirubin UDP glucuronosyltransferase gene; Compound heterozygous; Crigler Najjar syndrome; Hyperbilirubinemia; Synonymous mutation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CRIGLER-NAJJAR SYNDROME; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 84865200104     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.950     Document Type: Article

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