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Predominant Liver Cystic Disease in a New Heterozygotic PKHD1 Variant: A Case Report.
The American journal of case reports - 24 Jan 2023
Van Buren Jacob D, Neuman Jeremy T, Sidlow Richard
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BACKGROUND The polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (PKHD1) gene codes for fibrocystin-polyductin, a protein that takes part in cell-signaling for cell differentiation, especially in kidney tubules and bile ducts. A homozygous or compound heterozygous defect in this gene can cause autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). Polycystic liver disease (PCLD) can also be caused by single heterozygous...
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