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. 1975 Mar;50(3):197–201. doi: 10.1136/adc.50.3.197

Comparison of treatments for congenital nonobstructive nonhaemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia.

W A Arrowsmith, R B Payne, J M Littlewood
PMCID: PMC1544515  PMID: 1147651

Abstract

A patient with Crigler-Najjar disease has survived with the help of phototherapy to the age of 2 years without neurological damage. Because long periods of phototherapy are a threat to normal development, a search was made for supplementary treatments. Cholestyramine and a high fat diet were effective, and possibly also aspartic acid. Maintenance therapy with cholestyramine allowed the amount of phototherapy given to be reduced.

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