"Lucey-Driscoll syndrome" information
| LiverAtlas Disease ID | HuLDi00147 | ||
| Name | Lucey-Driscoll syndrome | ||
| Description | The common cause is congenital, but it can also be caused by maternal steroids passed on through breast milk to the newborn. It is different from breast milk jaundice (breast-fed infants have higher bilirubin levels than formula-fed ones).A defect in the UGT1A1-gene, also linked to Crigler-Najjar syndrome and Gilbert's syndrome, is responsible for the congenital form of Lucey-Driscoll syndrome. | Xref: URL | |
| Definition | Lucey-Driscoll syndrome is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting enzymes involved in bilirubin metabolism. It is one of several disorders classified as a transient familial neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. | Xref: URL | |
| Xref | Clinical Hepatology,2004.Page 585 | ||
| UMLS2011AA:C0270210 | |||
| Genetics Relation | Gene/Protein/Pathway | ||
| Gene:UGT1A1 | |||
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