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A Drug Regimen for Progressive Familial Cholestasis Type 2.
Pediatrics - 1 Jan 2018
Malatack J Jeffrey, Doyle Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Progressive familial cholestasis type 2 is caused by a genetically determined absence or reduction in the activity of the bile salt export pump (BSEP). Reduction or absence of BSEP activity causes a failure of bile salt excretion, leading to accumulation of bile salts in hepatocytes and subsequent hepatic damage. Clinically, patients are jaundiced, suffer from severe intractable pruritus, and evidence progressive...
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