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Crigler-Najjar syndrome in The Netherlands: identification of four novel UGT1A1 alleles, genotype-phenotype correlation, and functional analysis of 10 missense mutants.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2010
Sneitz Nina, Bakker Conny T, de Knegt Robert J, Halley Dicky J J, Finel Moshe, Bosma Piter J
Abstract excerpt
Crigler-Najjar syndrome (CN), caused by deficiency of UGT isoform 1A1 (UGT1A1), is characterized by severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. In this study we have analyzed 19 CN patients diagnosed in The Netherlands (18) and in Belgium (1), and have identified 14 different UGT1A1 mutations, four of which are novel. Two mutations were present in several unrelated patients, suggesting the presence of two founder...
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