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A mutation in the human canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter gene causes the Dubin-Johnson syndrome.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jun 1997
Paulusma C C, Kool M, Bosma P J, Scheffer G L, ter Borg F, Scheper R J, Tytgat G N, Borst P, Baas F, Oude Elferink R P
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The human Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) is a rare autosomal recessive liver disorder characterized by chronic conjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Patients have impaired hepatobiliary transport of non-bile salt organic anions. A highly similar phenotype has been described for a mutant Wistar rat strain,...
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