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Update on progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Mar 2008
Alissa Feras T, Jaffe Ronald, Shneider Benjamin L
Abstract excerpt
Three distinct forms of familial intrahepatic cholestasis are the result of mutations in the ATP8B1, ABCB11, and ABCB4 genes. The pathophysiologies of the latter 2 of these diseases are well characterized and are the result of abnormalities in canalicular excretion of bile acids and phospholipids, respectively. The molecular pathophysiology of the systemic disease associated with mutations in ATP8B1 remains...
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