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Endoscopic nasobiliary drainage: an effective treatment option for benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC).
BMJ case reports - 5 May 2017
Choudhury Ashok, Kulkarni Anand V, Sahoo Bishnupriya, Bihari Chhagan
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Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is characterised by recurrent episodes of jaundice, severe pruritus and low or normal serum γ-glutamyltransferase activity lasting from several weeks to months. BRIC is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the mutation in either of the two hepatic transporter genes-ATP8B1 or ABCB11 gene. The disease is very well known for episodic flare of jaundice with...
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