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DUBIN‐JOHNSON SYNDROME
Author(s) -
Powell Keith C.,
Anderson Boss H.,
Shepherd Alan R.,
Wilkey Ian S.,
Cooke Robin A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116714.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , medicine , chronic hepatitis , staining , cholecystitis , hepatitis , melanin , dermatology , pathology , gastroenterology , gallbladder , chemistry , immunology , biochemistry , history , ethnology , virus
A case of Dubin‐Johnson syndrome is reported from Papua‐New Guinea. This was associated with mild hepatitis, chronic cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, and staining reactions which suggested that the pigment in the liver was melanin.