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Diagnosis of BSEP/ABCB11 mutations in Asian patients with cholestasis using denaturing high performance liquid chromatography.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2008
Chen Huey-Ling, Liu Yu-Jung, Su Yi-Ning, Wang Nai-Yu, Wu Shang-Hsin, Ni Yen-Hsuan, Hsu Hong-Yuan, Wu Tzee-Chung, Chang Mei-Hwei
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine if specific mutations were present in Asian patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 2 caused by defects in bile salt export pump (BSEP), encoded by ABCB11. STUDY DESIGN: A combination of denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and direct sequencing was used to screen ABCB11 mutations in 18 Taiwanese patients with low...
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