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Linkage between a new splicing site mutation in the MDR3 alias ABCB4 gene and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 2007
Schneider Gudrun, Paus Teresa C, Kullak-Ublick Gerd A, Meier Peter J, Wienker Thomas F, Lang Thomas, van de Vondel Patricia, Sauerbruch Tilman, Reichel Christoph
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UNLABELLED: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is defined as pruritus and elevated bile acid serum concentrations in late pregnancy. Splicing mutations have been described in the multidrug resistance p-glycoprotein 3 (MDR3, ABCB4) gene in up to 20% of ICP women. Pedigrees studied were not large enough for linkage analysis. Ninety-seven family members of a woman with proven ICP were asked about pruritus...
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