Journal of Hepatology
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1143-1148, June 2007

Genetics in liver diseases

  • Antonello Pietrangelo

      Affiliations

    • Center for Hemochromatosis, University Hospital of Modena, Via del Pozza 71, 41100 Modena, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 05 9422 2714.
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  • Ronald Oude Elferink

      Affiliations

    • AMC Liver Center, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jesus Prieto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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  • Bruce R. Bacon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA

published online 05 April 2007.

In recent years, few fields in medicine have witnessed discoveries as momentous as those pertaining to the liver. Dramatic advances have been made, particularly in the areas of molecular biology and genetics. A joint EASL/AASLD Monothematic Conference was held on June 23rd–24th, 2006, in Modena, Italy, to bring the latest breakthroughs in different fields of genetics to hepatologists. This article reports the highlights of the conference and summarizes the main conclusions and implications for clinical and experimental Hepatology.

Keywords: Hereditary diseases, Polymorphisms, Gene therapy, Genetic screening, Quantitative trait loci

 

PII: S0168-8278(07)00182-1

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2007.03.009

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 1143-1148, June 2007

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