Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver

Paediatric metabolic disorders with the most clinical manifestations of deranged hepatic metabolism are discussed. The conditions which will be stressed are those for which effective treatment is available and early diagnosis is essential. Accurate diagnosis of other disorders for which no treatment...

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Main Author: Elroy P. Weledji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Medical Journal 2015-01-01
Series:European Medical Journal Hepatology
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Online Access:http://emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/Paediatric-Metabolic-Conditions-of-the-Liver.pdf
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spelling doaj-38531ee9ee68466a9c121ccfa9a72b482020-11-24T23:56:54ZengEuropean Medical JournalEuropean Medical Journal Hepatology2053-42212015-01-01315562Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the LiverElroy P. Weledji0Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon Paediatric metabolic disorders with the most clinical manifestations of deranged hepatic metabolism are discussed. The conditions which will be stressed are those for which effective treatment is available and early diagnosis is essential. Accurate diagnosis of other disorders for which no treatment is, as yet, available is also important as a guide to prognosis and for accurate genetic counselling. With the advancement in amniocentesis techniques there is a growing role for gene therapy. For selected metabolic disorders, paediatric liver transplantations have been successful.http://emjreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/Paediatric-Metabolic-Conditions-of-the-Liver.pdfamniocentesisLiverMetabolic disorderspaediatricTransplantation
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language English
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author Elroy P. Weledji
spellingShingle Elroy P. Weledji
Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
European Medical Journal Hepatology
amniocentesis
Liver
Metabolic disorders
paediatric
Transplantation
author_facet Elroy P. Weledji
author_sort Elroy P. Weledji
title Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
title_short Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
title_full Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
title_fullStr Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
title_full_unstemmed Paediatric Metabolic Conditions of the Liver
title_sort paediatric metabolic conditions of the liver
publisher European Medical Journal
series European Medical Journal Hepatology
issn 2053-4221
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Paediatric metabolic disorders with the most clinical manifestations of deranged hepatic metabolism are discussed. The conditions which will be stressed are those for which effective treatment is available and early diagnosis is essential. Accurate diagnosis of other disorders for which no treatment is, as yet, available is also important as a guide to prognosis and for accurate genetic counselling. With the advancement in amniocentesis techniques there is a growing role for gene therapy. For selected metabolic disorders, paediatric liver transplantations have been successful.
topic amniocentesis
Liver
Metabolic disorders
paediatric
Transplantation
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