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Influence of bilirubin uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase 1A promoter polymorphisms on serum bilirubin levels and cholelithiasis in children with sickle cell anemia.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Oct 2001
Passon R G, Howard T A, Zimmerman S A, Schultz W H, Ware R E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Genetic mutations in the uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glucuronosyltransferase 1A (UGT1A) enzyme promoter have been associated with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert syndrome. The effects of UGT1A promoter polymorphisms on serum bilirubin levels and symptomatic gallstone formation were studied in a cohort of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). METHODS: The UGT1A promoter genotype was...
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