IRINOTECANTOXICITY RELATED TO GILBERT´S SYNDROME   - COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS FOR GENOTYPING OF UGT1A1 (TA)n

Gilbert’s syndrome (GS) occurs in approximately 10% of the European population. The most common cause is homozygosity for UGT1A1*28, which is a TA repeat expansion in the promoter of UGT1A1. It is characterised by intermittent hyperbilirubinemia due to reduced hepatic activity of the  enzyme UDP-glu...

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Main Author: Fredriksson, Lena
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi 2009
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-107558