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Paediatric hepatocellular carcinoma in tight junction protein 2 (TJP2) deficiency

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Abbreviations

BAAT:

Bile acid coenzyme A: amino acid N-acyltransferase

BSEP:

Bile salt export pump

FHC:

Familial hypercholanemia

FIC:

Familial intrahepatic cholestasis

GGT:

Gamma-glutamyl transferase activity

HCC:

Hepatocellular carcinoma

HGVS:

Human genome variation society

MDR3:

Multidrug-resistant 3

PELD:

Paediatric end-stage liver disease

PFIC:

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis

TJ:

Tight junctions

TJP2:

Tight junction protein 2 deficiency

ZO-2:

Zona occludens 2

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Authors’ contribution

Mukul Vij had worked on the collection of clinical information, literature review and manuscript writing. S. Srinivas had worked on the literature review. Naresh P. Shanmugam and Mettu Srinivas Reddy had worked on the review of manuscript. Prof. Mohammed Rela had overseen all the aspects of the manuscript preparation and edited the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600100, India

    Mukul Vij

  2. Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600100, India

    Naresh P. Shanmugam, Mettu Srinivas Reddy & Mohamed Rela

  3. Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Srinivas Sankaranarayanan

  4. National Foundation for Liver Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Mohamed Rela

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Vij, M., Shanmugam, N.P., Reddy, M.S. et al. Paediatric hepatocellular carcinoma in tight junction protein 2 (TJP2) deficiency. Virchows Arch 471, 679–683 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-017-2204-1

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