HSD17B13 and Chronic Liver Disease in Blacks and Hispanics

N Engl J Med. 2018 Nov 8;379(19):1876-1877. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1804027.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • 17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / genetics*
  • Adult
  • Black or African American*
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Frameshift Mutation
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Liver / chemistry
  • Liver Diseases / ethnology*
  • Liver Diseases / genetics*
  • Loss of Function Mutation*
  • Triglycerides / analysis

Substances

  • Triglycerides
  • 17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases
  • HSD17B13 protein, human