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Homozygous variant of UGT1A1 gene mutation and severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Aug 2009
Boo Nem-Yun, Wong Fei-Liang, Wang May-Kay, Othman Ainoon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to compare, in a case-control study, the prevalence of nucleotide 211 guanine to adenine (G-->A) mutation of uridine diphosphoglucuronosyl transferase (UGT1A1) gene in Malaysian Chinese newborns with and without severe hyperbilirubinemia (total serum bilirubin >250 micromol/L during first 48 h of life or > or =300 micromol/L thereafter), and to determine whether this...
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