Successful plasmapheresis for acute and severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a child with crigler Najjar type I syndrome

JIMD Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-36

  Sellier, Anne Laure ^a,b   Labrune, Philippe ^c,d,e   Kwon, Theresa ^a   Boudjemline, Alix Mollet ^c   Deschènes, Georges ^a,b   Gajdos, Vincent ^c  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Albumin infusion; Bilirubin serum concentration; Pyruvate kinase activity; Subcortical nucleus; Unconjugated bilirubin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931832299     PISSN: 21928304     EISSN: 21928312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8904_2011_40     Document Type: Chapter

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