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Inheritance of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy in one kindred
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Hämeenlinna, Finland.
We report three sisters with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and the pedigree of the family, including six generations. ICP was observed in five successive generations; most of the patients also had cholelithiasis. The uniform expression, the complete penetrance of the trait and the direct parent-to-child transmission support the Mendelian dominant mode of inheritance. Determination of HLA A, B and C haplotype was made in five ICP patients, without any findings of HLA type common to everyone. X-linked inheritance cannot be excluded in this study.
We report three sisters with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) and the pedigree of the family, including six generations. ICP was observed in five successive generations; most of the patients also had cholelithiasis. The uniform expression, the complete penetrance of the trait and the direct parent-to-child transmission support the Mendelian dominant mode of inheritance. Determination of HLA A, B and C haplotype was made in five ICP patients, without any findings of HLA type common to everyone. X-linked inheritance cannot be excluded in this study.