Open AccessProgressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Among the Arab Population in Israel
Author(s) -
Yehezkel Naveh,
Lucyna Bassan,
Eldad Rosenthal,
Drora Berkowitz,
Michael Jaffe,
Hanna Mandel,
Moshe Berant
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/00005176-199705000-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis , cholestasis , population , pediatrics , gastroenterology , environmental health , liver transplantation , transplantation
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, which constitutes a heterogeneous group of imperfectly delineated syndromes and appears to be inherited as an autosomal recessive condition, has not been hitherto reported from the Middle East, in spite of the high rate of consanguineous marriage in this region.