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MeSH Heading: Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic
Tree Number(s): C16.320.565.300.764; C16.614.451.500.250; C18.452.648.300.764; C23.550.291.500.479
Unique ID: D007566
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007566
Scope Note: A benign, autosomally recessive inherited hyperbilirubinemia characterized by the presence of a dark pigment in the centrilobular region of the liver cells. There is a functional defect in biliary excretion of bilirubin, cholephilic dyes, and porphyrins. Affected persons may be asymptomatic or have vague constitutional or gastrointestinal symptoms. The liver may be slightly enlarged, and oral and intravenous cholangiography fails to visualize the biliary tract.
Entry Term(s): Dubin-Johnson Syndrome; Hyperbilirubinemia 2; Hyperbilirubinemia II
NLM Classification #: WI 703
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/03/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

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genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0011823
Scope Note: A benign, autosomally recessive inherited hyperbilirubinemia characterized by the presence of a dark pigment in the centrilobular region of the liver cells. There is a functional defect in biliary excretion of bilirubin, cholephilic dyes, and porphyrins. Affected persons may be asymptomatic or have vague constitutional or gastrointestinal symptoms. The liver may be slightly enlarged, and oral and intravenous cholangiography fails to visualize the biliary tract.
Terms: Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic Preferred Term
Term UI T022740
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Dubin-Johnson Syndrome
Term UI T022739
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Hyperbilirubinemia 2
Term UI T745900
Date02/24/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Hyperbilirubinemia II
Term UI T824575
Date06/22/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025