UGT1A1 and Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1: Founder mutations observed in Tunisia were also reported in populations from the Middle East such as the splice site mutation in the CA II gene responsible for carbonic anhydrase II deficiency in the Arabic peninsula [47] and the p.Q357R molecular defect in the UGT1A1 gene of the Crigler-Najjar type I syndrome in the Kuwaiti population [48].