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What's the deal with ... Gilbert's syndrome?

Unconjugated bilirubin deserves its own #tweetorial

Featuring:
🟨Why?
🟨Is it bad or...PLOT TWIST...good!?
🟨What to do about it?
🏆The most 🍌🍌trials ever conducted

#livertwitter #meded #MedTwitter

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What is Gilbert's?

1⃣Healthy person gets labs. Bili 2.4, >80% indirect
2⃣Student studies all🌙, forgets 2 eat.
In AM,👀slightly 🟨

Turns out:
👉3% of🌎has bili>1.4mg/dL (fig1)

Many things⬆️indirect bili:
👉Only 1⃣ makes bili⬆️w/fasting (Fig2)

It's...

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GILBERT'S SYNDROME

Who?1⃣Described c1901. Hilarious paper
(🙏google translate, my🇨🇦franglish education)
Why?2⃣Familial⬇️UDPGT protein
(the thing that 'conjugates' bili)
Why?3⃣Base pair insertion in UGT1A1 promoter
(#TATAbox, the gene that makes UDPGT)

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