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Novel ABCB11 mutations in a Thai infant with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Sept 2009
Treepongkaruna Suporn, Gaensan Amornphun, Pienvichit Paneeya, Luksan Ondrej, Knisely A S, Sornmayura Pattana, Jirsa Milan
Abstract excerpt
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) type 2 is caused by mutations in ABCB11, which encodes bile salt export pump (BSEP). We report a Thai female infant who presented with progressive cholestatic jaundice since 1 mo of age, with normal serum gamma-glutamyltransferase. Immunohistochemical staining of the liver did not demonstrate BSEP along the canaliculi, while multidrug resistance protein 3 was...
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