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Crigler-Najjar Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2023


MeSH Heading
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
Tree Number(s)
C16.320.565.300.281
C18.452.648.300.281
Unique ID
D003414
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003414
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Crigler Najjar Syndrome
Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type 1
Crigler-Najar Syndrome
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type I
Familial Nonhemolytic Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HEREDITARY 1975-90
Online Note
use HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HEREDITARY to search CRIGLER-NAJJAR SYNDROME 1966-74
History Note
91(75); was see under HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, HEREDITARY 1975-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2022/05/23
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Preferred
Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type 1 Narrower
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