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Prevalence of uridine glucuronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) mutations in Malay neonates with severe jaundice.
The Malaysian journal of pathology - 1 Dec 2011
Azlin I, Wong F L, Ezham M, Hafiza A, Ainoon O
Abstract excerpt
A number of genetic risk factors have been implicated in the development of neonatal severe hyperbilirubinaemia. This includes mutations in the uridine glucoronosyl transferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene which is responsible for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in Gilbert's Syndrome. We studied the prevalence of UGT1A1 gene mutations in a group of Malay neonates to determine whether they are risk factors to severe neonatal...
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