A female of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 caused by heterozygous mutations of ABCB4 gene and her cirrhosis improved after treatment of ursodeoxycholic acid: a case report

• Main Authors: Fei Qiao (Author), Feng Ren (Author), Weiting Lu (Author), Haoran Yang (Author), Guiling Mo (Author), Shuangshuang Wang (Author), Lina Liu (Author), Xiangtao Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a group of rapidly progressive autosomal recessive disorders characterized by intrahepatic cholestasis. PFIC-3 is caused by mutations in the ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 4 gene (ABCB4), which encodes multidrug res...