About the Authors

Pamela Valva

valvapamela@yahoo.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division, Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Paola Casciato

Affiliation Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juan M. Diaz Carrasco

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division, Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Adrian Gadano

Affiliation Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Omar Galdame

Affiliation Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Cristina Galoppo

Affiliation Liver Unit of University of Buenos Aires at Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eduardo Mullen

Affiliation Pathology Division, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elena De Matteo

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division, Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Victoria Preciado

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Pathology Division, Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV MVP. Performed the experiments: PV EDM JMDC EM. Analyzed the data: PV MVP MCG OG AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM PC. Wrote the paper: PV MVP PC. Reviewed clinical records: AG OG MCG.