Case Report
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2012; 18(44): 6504-6509
Published online Nov 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i44.6504
Novel ATP8B1 mutation in an adult male with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
Bao-Cheng Deng, Sa Lv, Wei Cui, Rui Zhao, Xu Lu, Jian Wu, Pei Liu
Bao-Cheng Deng, Wei Cui, Xu Lu, Pei Liu, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China
Sa Lv, 5th Department of Infectious Disease, 302 Military Hospital of China, Beijing 100039, China
Rui Zhao, School of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China
Jian Wu, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
Author contributions: Liu P and Wu J contributed equally to this work; Liu P and Wu J designed the research; Deng BC, Lv S, Cui W and Lu X contributed new reagents/analytic tools and collected the clinical data; Zhao R analyzed the pathological and immunostaining data; Deng BC performed the research, analyzed the mutations and wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Pei Liu, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Chief, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China. syliupei2003@yahoo.com.cn
Telephone: +86-24-83283091 Fax: +86-24-31535053
Received: July 14, 2012
Revised: September 26, 2012
Accepted: September 29, 2012
Published online: November 28, 2012
Core Tip