Relapsing features of bile salt export pump deficiency after liver transplantation in two patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2.

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BACKGROUND & AIMS: PFIC2 is caused by mutations in ABCB11 encoding BSEP. In most cases affected children need liver transplantation that is thought to be curative. We report on two patients who developed recurrent normal GGT cholestasis mimicking primary BSEP disease, after liver transplantation. METHODS: PFIC2 diagnosis was made in infancy in both patients on absence of canalicular BSEP immunodetection and on...

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