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Is primary biliary cirrhosis hereditary?

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Basically no: There's a pair of genes that carry the ability to develop the disease and these run in families, but it's not inherited like sickle cell, huntington's or some of the other familiar entities. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/151640.php.

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Answered 5/17/2014

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