CHRONIC CHOLESTASIS IN INFANCY

This article focuses on the few disorders that produce chronic cholestasis in infants. The author presents: definition and pathophysiology of cholestasis; the consequences of cholestasis; an approach to diagnosis of cholestasis in infancy and childhood; the differential diagnosis of chronic choles...

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Main Author: Daniela Patrichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2009-06-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_PEDIATRICS/Revista_Romana_de_PEDIATRIE-2009-Nr.2/RJP_2009_2_Art-05.pdf
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Summary:This article focuses on the few disorders that produce chronic cholestasis in infants. The author presents: definition and pathophysiology of cholestasis; the consequences of cholestasis; an approach to diagnosis of cholestasis in infancy and childhood; the differential diagnosis of chronic cholestasis in infancy (chronic obstructive cholestasis; chronic cholestasis in association with ductal paucity; chronic hepatocellular cholestasis).
ISSN:1454-0398
2069-6175