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Bile acid profiles in neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Dec 2017
Yang Ching-Hsuan, Chen Chiung-Yu, Chou Yen-Yin, Chiu Hung-Chih, Tsai Wei-Lun, Shiesh Shu-Chu
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BACKGROUND: Neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis caused by citrin deficiency (NICCD) is characterized by conjugated hyperbilirubinemia and increased plasma bile acid concentrations. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We established a liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for simultaneously quantifying plasma bile acids and examined bile acid profiles in NICCD infants....
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