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Case Report

Patient with neonatal-onset chronic hepatitis presenting with mevalonate kinase deficiency with a novel MVK gene mutation

Masahiro TaharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan;Department of Pediatrics, Tsuchiya General Hospital, 3-30 Nakashima, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8655, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hidemasa SakaiDepartment of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Ryuta NishikomoriDepartment of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Takahiro YasumiDepartment of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Toshio HeikeDepartment of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Ikuo NagataDivision of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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Ayano InuiDepartment of Pediatrics, Yokohama City Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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Tomoo FujisawaDepartment of Pediatrics, Yokohama City Tobu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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Yosuke ShigematsuDepartment of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
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Koji NishijimaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Katsuji KuwakadoDepartment of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Shinichi WatabeDepartment of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Junji KameyamaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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Pages 641-645 | Received 24 Nov 2010, Accepted 22 Feb 2011, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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