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Genetic modifiers of liver injury in hereditary liver disease.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 May 2011
Ala Aftab, Schilsky Michael
Abstract excerpt
The genetic background of patients with liver diseases modulates hepatic injury, with some individuals being predisposed to better defenses and regenerative capacity. In this review, we focus our description of this phenomenon on inherited disorders affecting the liver, with a particular emphasis on Wilson disease (WD), genetic hemochromatosis, and α-1 anti-trypsin disease (A1-AT). Wide variations in the clinical...
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