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Gilbert syndrome associated with beta-thalassemia.
Pediatric hematology and oncology - 1 Dec 2001
Tzetis M, Kanavakis E, Tsezou A, Ladis V, Pateraki E, Georgakopoulou T, Kavazarakis E, Maragoudaki E, Karpathios T, Kitsiou-Tzeli S
Abstract excerpt
The authors investigated whether the considerable variability in serum bilirubin levels (STB) found in transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia, beta-thal intermedia, and heterozygous beta-thalassemia individuals could be related to the coexistence of Gilbert syndrome (GS). The promoter region [A(TA)nTAA] of the bilirubin UDP-glucuronosyltransferase gene (UGT1A1) was analyzed in a total of 128 beta-thalassemia...
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