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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Genetic Diseases, Inborn > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary > Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Metabolism, Inborn Errors > Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary > Crigler-Najjar Syndrome

Preferred term

Crigler-Najjar Syndrome  

Type

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Definition

  • A familial form of congenital hyperbilirubinemia transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. It is characterized by icterus and brain damage caused by a glucuronyl transferase deficiency in the liver and faulty bilirubin conjugation.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • Crigler-Najar Syndrome
  • Crigler Najjar Syndrome
  • Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type 1
  • Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type I
  • Familial Nonhemolytic Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
  • Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Syndrome de Crigler-Najjar

    French

  • Ictère congénital non hémolytique avec ictère nucléaire de Crigler-Najjar
  • Ictère familial congénital de Crigler-Najjar
  • Maladie de Crigler-Najjar
  • Maladie de Crigler-Najjar de type I
  • SCN (Syndrome de Crigler-Najjar)
  • Syndrome de Crigler-Najjar de type I

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