Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia refers to the condition where levels of bilirubin are elevated, for reasons that can be attributed to a metabolic disorder.

An example is Crigler-Najjar syndrome.

• http://www.som.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/New_for_99/liver_gb/sld017.htm
• Elferink RP, Ottenhoff R, Liefting W, de Haan J, Jansen PL (1989). “Hepatobiliary transport of glutathione and glutathione conjugate in rats with hereditary hyperbilirubinemia”. J. Clin. Invest. 84 (2): 476–83. doi:10.1172/JCI114189. PMID 2760197. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

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