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Current and future therapies for inherited cholestatic liver diseases.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Feb 2017
van der Woerd Wendy L, Houwen Roderick Hj, van de Graaf Stan Fj
Abstract excerpt
Familial intrahepatic cholestasis (FIC) comprises a group of rare cholestatic liver diseases associated with canalicular transport defects resulting predominantly from mutations in ATP8B1, ABCB11 and ABCB4. Phenotypes range from benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC), associated with recurrent cholestatic attacks, to progressive FIC (PFIC). Patients often suffer from severe pruritus and eventually...
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