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SUBMITTER: Shah I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423798 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of pediatric genetics 20170102 2
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a chronic cholestasis syndrome that begins in infancy and usually progresses to cirrhosis within the first decade of life. There are three varieties of PFIC described: PFIC-1 occurs due to mutations in the <i>ATP8B1</i> gene mapped to 18q21.31, PFIC-2 due to mutations in <i>ABCB11</i> mapped to 2q24, and PFIC-3 due to mutations in <i>ABCB4</i> located on 7q21.12. We report an Indian child whose mutation analysis was suggestive of PFIC-2. He ...[more]