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Bile salt export pump deficiency disease: two novel, late onset, ABCB11 mutations identified by next generation sequencing.
Annals of hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Vitale Giovanni, Pirillo Martina, Mantovani Vilma, Marasco Elena, Aquilano Adelia, Gamal Nesrine, Francalanci Paola, Conti Fabio, Andreone Pietro
Abstract excerpt
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive cholestatic diseases of childhood and represents the main indication for liver transplantation at this age; PFIC2 involves ABCB11 gene, that encodes the ATPdependent canalicular bile salt export pump (BSEP). Benign intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) identifies a group of diseases involving the same genes and...
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