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An outstanding non-transplant surgical intervention in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: partial internal biliary diversion.
Pediatric surgery international - 1 Aug 2010
Gün F, Erginel B, Durmaz O, Sökücü S, Salman T, Celik A
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AIM: Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a hereditary disease with severe cholestasis progressing to cirrhosis and chronic renal failure usually during the first decade. An alternative approach is partial diversion of bile. The aim of this study is to describe four patients with PFIC who underwent partial internal biliary diversion (PIBD). METHODS: Review of three patients, their clinical,...
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