Endemic Tyrolean infantile cirrhosis is not an allelic variant of Wilson's disease.

doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200235

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Endemic Tyrolean infantile cirrhosis is not an allelic variant of Wilson's disease.

European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000

Wijmenga C, Müller T, Murli I S, Brunt T, Feichtinger H, Schönitzer D, Houwen R H, Müller W, Sandkuijl L A, Pearson P L

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Recently, 138 cases of infantile cirrhosis originating in several families in the Austrian province of the Tyrol were reported. This endemic Tyrolean infantile cirrhosis (ETIC) is indistinguishable from Indian childhood cirrhosis (ICC), idiopathic copper toxicosis (ICT), and resembles the early f...

Topics

Age of Onset
Alleles
Female
Genetic Carrier Screening
Haplotypes
Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Humans
Infant
Liver Cirrhosis
Male
Pedigree
Recombination, Genetic

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