Dubin-Johnson syndrome in a neonate

✍ Scribed by Fumiteru Nakata; Kazuhiko Oyanagi; Mayumi Fujiwara; Hideaki Sogawa; Ryoji Minami; Kiyotaka Horino; Tooru Nakao; Toshifumi Kondo

• Book ID: 104787108
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 146 KB
• Volume: 132
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-6997
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00496853

✦ Synopsis

We described the clinical and biochemical findings in a 32 day-old boy with the Dubin-Johnson syndrome. Only two other patients diagnosed as having the Dubin-Johnson syndrome during neonatal period have been reported in the literature. The ratio of urinary coproporphyrin isomer I of our patient was 97% and that of his parents were carrier level, confirming that increased urinary excretion of coproporphyrin isomer I is of diagnostic value in neonates with the Dubin-Johnson syndrome.