title: Hypertension and Biliary Ductopenia in a Patient with Duplication of Exon 6 of the JAG1 Gene.
abstract: We describe a neonatal patient with biliary ductopenia featuring duplication of exon 6 of the JAG1 gene. Facial alterations were observed, consisting of a prominent forehead, sunken eyes, upward slanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, flat nasal root and prominent chin. From birth, these were accompanied by the development of haematuria and renal failure and by renal Doppler findings indicative of peripheral renal artery stenosis. JAG1 gene mutations on chromosome 20 have been associated with various anomalies, including biliary cholestasis, vertebral abnormalities, eye disorders, heart defects and facial dysmorphia. This syndrome, first described by Alagille, is an infrequent congenital disorder caused by a dominant autosomal inheritance with variable expressivity. Anatomopathological effects include the destruction and disappearance of hepatic bile ducts (ductopenia). The duplication of exon 6 of JAG1 has not previously been described as an alteration related to the Alagille syndrome with peripheral renal artery stenosis.
authors: Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Clínico San Cecilio. Avda Dr. Olóriz 16, 18012 Granada, Spain.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Uberos
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Moreno
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Muñoz-Hoyos
keywords: Alagille syndrome; JAG1; cholestasis; chronic renal insufficiency; hypertension
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