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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dixon PH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4989713 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Obstetric medicine 20081201 2
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), also known as obstetric cholestasis, causes maternal pruritus and liver impairment, and may be complicated by spontaneous preterm labour, fetal asphyxial events and intrauterine death. Our understanding of the aetiology of this disease has expanded significantly in the last decade due to a better understanding of the role played by genetic factors. In particular, advances in our knowledge of bile homeostasis has led to the identification of genes that ...[more]