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Novel ATP8B1 mutation in an adult male with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Nov 2012
Deng Bao-Cheng, Lv Sa, Cui Wei, Zhao Rui, Lu Xu, Wu Jian, Liu Pei
Abstract excerpt
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 is a rare disease that is characterized by low serum γ-glutamyltransferase levels due to mutation in ATP8B1. We present a 23-year-old male who experienced persistent marked pruritus for eighteen years and recurrent jaundice for thirteen years, in addition to cholestasis that eventually became fatal. Genetic sequencing studies of the entire coding (exon)...
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