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Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency in Korean infants.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Dec 2007
Ko Jae Sung, Song Jung Han, Park Sung Sup, Seo Jeong Kee
Abstract excerpt
Citrin is a liver-type mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate carrier encoded by the SLC25A13 gene, and its deficiency causes adult-onset type II citrullinemia and neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD). Here, the authors investigated clinical findings in Korean infants with NICCD and performed mutation analysis on the SLC25A13 gene. Of 47 patients with neonatal cholestasis, three...
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