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progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis 3

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A progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance of intrahepatic cholestasis and elevated serum GGT1 activity that has_material_basis_in mutation in the ABCB4 gene on chromosome 7q21.12.

Signs and symptoms

  • Diarrhea
  • Cirrhosis
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Elevated gamma-glutamyltransferase level
  • Portal fibrosis
  • Pruritus
  • Elevated circulating hepatic transaminase concentration
  • Jaundice
  • Splenomegaly
  • Ascites

Also known as: MDR3 deficiency; PFIC3; progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis with elevated serum gama-glutamyltransferase