Article
Polycystic liver disease is genetically heterogeneous: clinical and linkage studies in eight Finnish families.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 2003
Tahvanainen Pia, Tahvanainen Esa, Reijonen Hanna, Halme Leena, Kääriäinen Helena, Höckerstedt Krister
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Polycystic liver disease (PCLD), a dominantly inherited condition separate from polycystic kidney disease (PKD), has recently been found to be linked to a locus on chromosome 19p13.2-13.1 in two North American families. Our aim was to study whether there is clinical or genetic heterogeneity within PCLD families. METHODS: We collected clinical data of eight Finnish PCLD families and performed both...
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