progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

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progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis,

an autosomal-recessive type of intrahepatic cholestasis of hepatocellular origin. Affected children often develop cirrhosis by age 10 and die during adolescence. At least three different genetic defects cause varieties of the disease. Also called Byler's disease.

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