Abigail L. LaBella

Aug 29, 2024 | nature.com | Pol Sole-Navais |Xiaoping Wu |Marc Vaudel |Abigail L. LaBella |Øyvind Helgeland |Christopher Flatley | +9 more

AbstractJaundice affects almost all neonates in their first days of life and is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin. Although the core biochemistry of bilirubin metabolism is well understood, it is not clear why some neonates experience more severe jaundice and require treatment with phototherapy. Here, we present the first genome-wide association study of neonatal jaundice to date in nearly 30,000 parent-offspring trios from Norway (cases ≈ 2000).