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Crigler-Najjar syndrome

  • Clinical manifestations and classification

    • Crigler-Najjar syndrome, also referred to as congenital nonhemolytic jaundice with glucuronosyltransferase deficiency,
    • is → a rare autosomal recessive disorder of bilirubin metabolism.
    • It has been divided into two forms (types I and II) based on the hepatic bilirubin-UGT1A1 activity,
    • which correlates with disease severity and risk for neurologic sequelae
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I

  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome type II