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Prolonged unconjugated hyperbiliriubinemia in breast-fed male infants with a mutation of uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyl transferase.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2009
Chang Pi-Feng, Lin Yu-Cheng, Liu Kevin, Yeh Shu-Jen, Ni Yen-Hsuan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a mutation in uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene of breast-fed infants is a contributory factor to prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. STUDY DESIGN: Of 125 breast-fed term infants, 35 infants had prolonged unconjugated hype...
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