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Alagille syndrome: an overview.
Clinics and research in hepatology and gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2012
Vajro Pietro, Ferrante Lorenza, Paolella Giulia
Abstract excerpt
Alagille syndrome is an embryofoetopathy, due to mutations in the gene JAG1. It is autosomic dominant with variable expressivity, or sporadic. Neonatal cholestasis is a main feature, due to the paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts. It can rarely develop into cirrhosis, but be responsible for a disabling pruritus and xanthomas. The other features are a peculiar facies, cardiac abnormalities, butterfly vertebrae, and...
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