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Gallstone disease in Swedish twins is associated with the Gilbert variant of UGT1A1.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2013
Marschall Hanns-Ulrich, Krawczyk Marcin, Grünhage Frank, Katsika Despina, Einarsson Curt, Lammert Frank
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The Gilbert syndrome-associated functional TATA box variant UGT1A1*28 (A(TA)7TAA) was found to increase susceptibility to pigment gallstone formation in patients with haemolytic anaemia. Further studies in extensive cohorts demonstrated an increased risk of this variant for cholesterol gallstone disease (GD). We now investigated this polymorphism as a determinant of symptomatic GD in Swedish...
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