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Survey of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator genotypes in primary sclerosing cholangitis.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Mar 1996
McGill J M, Williams D M, Hunt C M
Abstract excerpt
A variety of cholestatic liver diseases appear to primarily affect the biliary epithelium, including cystic fibrosis (CF). CF results from a defect in the chloride channel protein, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). Although the majority of CF patients have a genomic deletion in deltaF508, other mutations of CFTR may result in less severe clinical presentations and outcomes. Recently,...
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