Article
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Gilbert's syndrome.
Journal of perinatal medicine - 1 Jan 2002
Laforgia Nicola, Faienza Maria Felicia, Rinaldi Andrea, D'Amato Gabriele, Rinaldi Giuseppe, Iolascon Achille
Abstract excerpt
The role of Gilbert's syndrome (GS) in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, characterized by bilirubin levels higher than 223 microMol/L during the first seven days of life, has been investigated, evaluating the frequency of GS genotype (A(TA)7TAA polymorphism in the promoter of the gene encoding UGT1). The frequency of GS was significantly higher in the hyperbilirubinemic group, even though neither the peak of...
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