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Bile acid-CoA ligase deficiency--a new inborn error of bile acid metabolism.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 May 2012
Chong Catherine P K, Mills Philippa B, McClean Patricia, Gissen Paul, Bruce Christopher, Stahlschmidt Jens, Knisely A S, Clayton Peter T
Abstract excerpt
Born at 27 weeks gestation, a child of consanguineous parents of Pakistani origin required prolonged parenteral nutrition. She developed jaundice, with extensive fibrosis and architectural distortion at liver biopsy; jaundice resolved with supportive care. Serum γ-glutamyl transpeptidase values were within normal ranges. The bile acids in her plasma and urine were >85% unconjugated (non-amidated). Two genes...
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