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A new ABCB11 mutation in two Italian children with familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2006
Nobili Valerio, Di Giandomenico Silvia, Francalanci Paola, Callea Francesco, Marcellini Matilde, Santorelli Filippo M
Abstract excerpt
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) syndromes are characterized by defects in transporters of conjugated bile acids into the bile canaliculus. Three genes (ATP8B1, ABCB11, ABCB4) are associated with the different forms, but no easy genotype-phenotype correlations help in the prioritization for gene testing. We developed a denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) method to screen...
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