Risk assessment of gene variants for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in Taiwan

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Authors

Yi‐Hao Weng · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Shao-Wen Cheng · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Chun‐Yuh Yang · Kaohsiung Medical University

Abstract

G6PD deficiency, short HO-1 promoter GT-repeat and GA at nt211 in UGT1A1 are risk factors of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. The data provide clinical evidence to explain the high incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in Taiwan.

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Pediatrics

Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 144-144

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0685-8

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