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High prevalence of fulminant hepatic failure among patients with mutant alleles for truncation of ATP7B in Wilson's disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2010
Okada Toshihide, Shiono Yuta, Kaneko Yoshibumi, Miwa Kazuhiro, Hasatani Kenkei, Hayashi Yoshiaki, Mibayashi Hiroshi, Aoyagi Hiroyuki, Tsuji Shigetsugu, Yoshimitsu Masashi, Hayashi Hisao, Yamagishi Masakazu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Although many mutations of the Wilson's disease (WD) gene (ATP7B) have been reported, few data exist regarding the occurrence of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). We sought to determine if genotypic assignment according to type of protein-product could be related to the prevalence of FHF among patients with WD. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We performed gene analysis in Japanese patients with WD as well as...
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