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UGT1A1 AR unreviewed

Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I

Bilirubin metabolism

Enzyme or protein defect

UGT1A1 (absent)

Accumulates or becomes deficient

Unconjugated bilirubin

Key features

Severe neonatal jaundice, kernicterus, death without transplant

Management

Phototherapy, plasmapheresis, liver transplant (type II responds to phenobarbital)

Not clinical guidance. Written from standard clinical biochemistry, not from the uploaded documents, and marked unreviewed. Teaching-level reference for study and database seeding only. It must not be used to manage a patient.

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