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Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis. Abstract Background and Aims Nucleotide‐binding oligomerization domain‐like receptor‐family pyrin domain‐containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation has been shown to result in liver fibrosis.
Jana Knorr, Benedikt Kaufmann, Maria Eugenia Inzaugarat, Theresa Maria Holtmann, Lukas Geisler, Jana Hundertmark, Marlene Sophia Kohlhepp, Laela M. Boosheri, Daisy R. Chilin‐Fuentes, Amanda Birmingham, Kathleen M. Fisch, Joel D. Schilling, Sven H. Loosen, Christian Trautwein, Christoph Roderburg, Münevver Demir, Frank Tacke, Hal M. Hoffman, Ariel E. Feldstein, Alexander Wree   +19 more
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Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Serum bile acid levels predict outcomes in patients with biliary atresia who achieve normalized bilirubin levels after Kasai portoenterostomy. Abstract Background and Aims In biliary atresia, serum bilirubin is commonly used to predict outcomes after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP).
Sanjiv Harpavat, Kieran Hawthorne, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Monica Narvaez Rivas, Lisa Henn, Charlotte A. Beil, Saul J. Karpen, Vicky L. Ng, Estella M. Alonso, Jorge A. Bezerra, Stephen L. Guthery, Simon Horslen, Kathy M. Loomes, Patrick McKiernan, John C. Magee, Robert M. Merion, Jean P. Molleston, Philip Rosenthal, Richard J. Thompson, Kasper S. Wang, Ronald J. Sokol, Benjamin L. Shneider, for Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)   +22 more
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Prenatal MRI Detection of Fetal Small Intestinal Volvulus: The Black-and-White and Coffee-Bean Signs. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT A rare case of fetal small intestinal volvulus was diagnosed prenatally using MRI, with characteristic black‐and‐white and coffee‐bean signs. Early diagnosis led to timely surgical intervention and a favorable outcome.
Nakamura M, Sato H, Kakui K.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Late presentation of incomplete jejunal atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2020
Intestinal atresia is a life-threatening cause of intestinal obstruction in the neonate, and rarely a cause of intestinal obstruction in an infant. We report a rare presentation of an incomplete jejunal atresia in a 1-year and 7 months old girl.
Elroy P. Weledji, Naiza Monono, Theophil Nana   +2 more
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Live transplantation in children with biliary atresia and vascular anomalies [PDF]

, 1974
Eight of 29 infants and children undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for extrahepatic biliary atresia had associated major vascular anomalies.
Lilly, JR, Starzl, TE
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Monozygotic twins with jejuno-ileal atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019
Introduction: Intestinal atresia is a congenital anomaly of the alimentary canal characterised by discontinuity of the bowel lumen that leads to intestinal obstruction in neonates.
Dennis Mazingi, Tungamirai Gwatirisa, Bothwell A. Mbuwayesango, Taurai Zimunhu, Shamiso Chowe, Kudzayi Munanzvi, Precious Mutambanengwe, Constantine Muparadzi, Mugove Moyo   +8 more
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Waitlist mortality of young patients with biliary atresia: Impact of allocation policy and living donor liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Patients with biliary atresia (BA) below 2 years of age in need of a transplantation largely rely on partial grafts from deceased donors (deceased donor liver transplantation [DDLT]) or living donors (living donor liver transplantation [LDLT]).
Hedayatullah Esmati, Marieke van Rosmalen, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Marieke T. de Boer, Aad P. van den Berg, Hubert P. J. van der Doef, Michel Rayar, Ruben H.J. de Kleine, Robert J. Porte, Vincent E. de Meijer, Henkjan J. Verkade   +10 more
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Intestinal transplantation in children under FK 506 immunosuppression [PDF]

, 1993
Intestinal transplantation, solitary (n = 3) or in combination with the liver (n = 7), was performed in 10 pediatric patients with intestinal failure. The liver was only replaced if there was liver failure and portal hypertension.
Adrian Casavilla, Andreas G. Tzakis, Anthony J. Demetris, Bakr Nour, David H. Van Thiel, Eduardo Yunis, Goulet, Grant, Iwaki, Jorge Reyes, Kareem Abu-Elmagd, Murase, Murase, Rick Selby, Samuel Kocoshis, Satoru Todo, Schraut, Shaffer, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo, Todo, Tzakis, Tzakis, Zhong   +26 more
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Intestinal Atresia

Clinics in Perinatology, 1978
Forty-five patients with intestinal atresia, including 20 with duodenal, 21 with jejunoileal, and 3 with colonic obstruction, were encountered at the Yale-New Haven Hospital between 1970 and 1976. The overall survival rate in the 43 operated cases was 93 per cent.
J A, Olvera Durán, R, Peniche García
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Liver transplantation before 1 year of age [PDF]

, 1987
Since 1981, 20 infants younger than 1 year of age received 26 orthotopic liver transplants. Immunosuppression was with cyclosporine and corticosteroids. Thirteen (65%) of the reciplents were discharged from the hospital.
Ascher, Baburao Koneru, Carlos O. Esquivel, Frederick Karrer, Gartner, Gordon, Iwatsuki, Kasai, Leonard Makowka, Robert D. Gordon, Rosenthal, Satoru Todo, Shunzaburo Iwatsuki, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, Wallis J. Marsh   +18 more
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