DISEASE: North American Indian childhood cirrhosis
Entry
H02194 Disease
Name
North American Indian childhood cirrhosis
Description
North American Indian childhood cirrhosis (NAIC) is a severe autosomal-recessive intrahepatic cholestasis found in aboriginal children from northwestern Quebec. It typically presents with transient neonatal jaundice, in a child who is otherwise healthy, and progresses to biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension. It has reported that a missense mutation in Cirhin causes NAIC. Cirhin/UTP4 is known to be required for ribosome biogenesis.
Category
Digestive system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of liver
DB93 Hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis
H02194 North American Indian childhood cirrhosis