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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2009; 15(34): 4339-4342
Published online Sep 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4339
Published online Sep 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4339
Novel ABCB11 mutations in a Thai infant with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
Suporn Treepongkaruna, Amornphun Gaensan, Paneeya Pienvichit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Ondrej Luksan, Milan Jirsa, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague 14021, Czech Republic
AS Knisely, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom
Pattana Sornmayura, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
Author contributions: Treepongkaruna S, Gaensan A, Pienvichit P and Sornmayura P were involved in collecting the clinical data, writing and editing the manuscript; Luksan O and Jirsa M analyzed the mutations and participated in editing the manuscript; Knisely AS analyzed the pathological and immunostaining data and also participated in editing the manuscript.
Supported by “IKEM MZO 00023001”
Correspondence to: Suporn Treepongkaruna, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. rastp@mahidol.ac.th
Telephone: +66-2-2011446 Fax: +66-2-2011446
Received: June 4, 2009
Revised: July 29, 2009
Accepted: August 6, 2009
Published online: September 14, 2009
Revised: July 29, 2009
Accepted: August 6, 2009
Published online: September 14, 2009
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