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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 21, 2012; 18(39): 5601-5607
Published online Oct 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i39.5601
Biochemical characteristics of neonatal cholestasis induced by citrin deficiency
Jian-She Wang, Xiao-Hong Wang, Ying-Jie Zheng, Hai-Yan Fu, Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Ling-Juan Fang, Takeyori Saheki, Keiko Kobayashi
Jian-She Wang, Department of Pediatrics, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200540, China
Jian-She Wang, Xiao-Hong Wang, Hai-Yan Fu, Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Ling-Juan Fang, The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China
Ying-Jie Zheng, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Takeyori Saheki, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
Keiko Kobayashi, Department of Molecular Metabolism and Biochemical Genetics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima 890-8544, Japan
Author contributions: Wang JS, Wang XH, Zheng YJ and Fu HY contributed equally to this paper; Wang JS proposed the idea and wrote the first draft of this paper; Zheng YJ contributed to the statistical analysis and created all the figures; Fu HY contributed to the data collection; Wang JS, Fu HY, Chen R, Saheki T and Kobayashi K contributed to the gene tests and Western blotting; Wang JS, Wang XH and Lu Y contributed to patient management; and all the authors contributed to the design, data analysis, draft revision and final approval of the paper for publishing.
Supported by National Science Foundation of China, No. 30973230 and No. 81070281
Correspondence to: Jian-She Wang, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200540, China. jshwang@shmu.edu.cn
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Received: April 12, 2012
Revised: June 27, 2012
Accepted: July 9, 2012
Published online: October 21, 2012
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