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Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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English
Etymology
Named after John Fielding Crigler (1919–2018), American pediatrician, and Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-American pediatrician.
Noun
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en pathology A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.
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