Genetic Diseases That Predispose to Early Liver Cirrhosis

Inherited liver diseases are a group of metabolic and genetic defects that typically cause early chronic liver involvement. Most are due to a defect of an enzyme/transport protein that alters a metabolic pathway and exerts a pathogenic role mainly in the liver. The prevalence is variable, but most a...

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Main Authors: Scorza, Manuela, Elce, Ausilia, Zarrilli, Federica, Liguori, Renato, Amato, Felice, Castaldo, Giuseppe
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4123515/