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transient familial neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
Pathology:
- one or more components in the milk may trigger the jaundice in infants who have such mutations
Genetics:
- associated with defects in UGT1A1 gene
- mutations are identical to those detected in patients with Gilbert syndrome
Clinical manifestations:
- hyperbilirubinemia may lead to jaundice
- breast milk jaundice is a common problem in nursing infants
- may result in prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia associated with breast milk
General
neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
genetic disease
Database Correlations
OMIM 237900
References
OMIM :accession 237900