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Genetic study of congenital bile-duct dilatation identifies de novo and inherited variants in functionally related genes.
BMC medical genomics - 12 Dec 2016
Wong John K L, Campbell Desmond, Ngo Ngoc Diem, Yeung Fanny, Cheng Guo, Tang Clara S M, Chung Patrick H Y, Tran Ngoc Son, So Man-Ting, Cherny Stacey S, Sham Pak C, Tam Paul K, Garcia-Barcelo Maria-Mercè
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital dilatation of the bile-duct (CDD) is a rare, mostly sporadic, disorder that results in bile retention with severe associated complications. CDD affects mainly Asians. To our knowledge, no genetic study has ever been conducted. METHODS: We aim to identify genetic risk factors by a "trio-based" exome-sequencing approach, whereby 31 CDD probands and their unaffected parents were...
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