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Gastroenterology · Gastroenterology / Hepatology Dubin–Johnson syndrome
Also known as: Chronic idiopathic jaundice
Benign conjugated hyperbilirubinemia with black liver.
- Medical specialty
- Gastroenterology
- Subspecialty
- Gastroenterology / Hepatology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected, equal; Children: yes, adolescence
- Gene(s) involved
- ABCC2
Etiology & mechanism
Defective canalicular MRP2 transporter.
Gene(s) involved (1)
ABCC2
Symptoms & signs (5)
abdominal discomfortblack liverdark urinehepatomegalymild jaundice