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familial hypercholanemia 3

info ยท Genetic

A steroid inherited metabolic disorder characterized by onset of symptoms, including jaundice and failure to thrive, in early infancy that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the BAAT gene on chromosome 9q31.

Signs and symptoms

  • Jaundice
  • Elevated circulating aspartate aminotransferase concentration
  • Elevated circulating alanine aminotransferase concentration
  • Rickets
  • Hepatic failure
  • Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
  • Hepatomegaly