More to Be Learned From Crigler-Najjar Patients
1 The Rockefeller University Hospital, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021-6399
In Reply.
We thank Dr Hansen for his comments on our study in Crigler-Najjar patients published recently in Pediatrics. A collaborative study of this rare genetic disease does seem in order as Dr Hansen indicates; to the extent that such a study might involve an examination of the efficacy of the heme oxygenase inhibitor tin-mesaporphyrin for ameliorating (with other therapeutic modalities) hyperbilirubinemia in this syndrome, we would be happy to collaborate with other investigators and to provide some resources for the study as required.




