Crigler-Najjar Syndrome

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.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

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Tree Number(s): C16.320.565.300.281, C18.452.648.300.281

MeSH Unique ID: D003414

Entry Terms:

• Crigler Najjar Syndrome
• Crigler Najjar Syndromes
• Najjar Syndrome, Crigler
• Syndrome, Crigler Najjar
• Crigler-Najar Syndrome
• Crigler Najar Syndrome
• Familial Nonhemolytic Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
• Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
• Hereditary Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemias
• Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary Unconjugated
• Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary
• Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type 1
• Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, Type I
• Crigler Najjar Syndrome, Type I

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary
Crigler-Najjar Syndrome