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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: 2023/04/26

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Concept UI: M0005322
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.
Terms: Crigler-Najjar Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T009939
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Crigler Najjar Syndrome
Term UI T841215
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Crigler-Najar Syndrome
Term UI T009940
Date01/03/1979
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Familial Nonhemolytic Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Term UI T841216
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Term UI T841217
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
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Crigler-Najjar Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2025