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Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD) as a cause of liver disease in infants in the UK.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Dec 2009
Hutchin T, Preece M A, Hendriksz C, Chakrapani A, McClelland V, Okumura F, Song Y-Z, Iijima M, Kobayashi K, Saheki T, McKiernan P, Baumann U
Abstract excerpt
Citrin deficiency is a disorder with two phenotypes: neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD), and adult-onset type II citrullinaemia (CTLN2). NICCD presents in the first few weeks of life with prolonged cholestasis and metabolic abnormalities including aminoacidaemia (notably citrulline, tyrosine, threonine, arginine and methionine) and galactosuria. Symptoms resolve within the first...
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