A new splicing site mutation of the ABCB4 gene in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy with raised serum γ-GT

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Tavian, D ^a,b   Degiorgio, D ^c   Roncaglia, N ^d   Vergani, P ^d   Cameroni, I ^d   Colombo, R ^a,b,e   Coviello, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Molecular Genetics   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

GT; ABCB4; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; MDR3; mRNA analysis; Splicing mutation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 4;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PRURITUS; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING;

ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN SPLICING; PRURITUS;

EID: 68049128266     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.12.101     Document Type: Article

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