Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after John Fielding Crigler (1919–2018), American pediatrician, and Victor Assad Najjar (1914–2002), Lebanese-American pediatrician.
Noun[edit]
Crigler-Najjar syndrome (uncountable)
- (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.