Liver Transplantation for Alagille's Syndrome [PDF]
Twenty-three children with Alagille's syndrome and end-stage liver disease underwent liver transplantation with cyclosporine and low-dose steroid immunosuppression. Two to 9 years (mean, 4.4 years) after surgery, 13 (57%) of the children were still alive,
Reyes, J +5 more
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Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestases [PDF]
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) or idiopathic recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis is a rare case. It is a familial and autosomal recessive. The etiology of BRIC is still unknown. We report the case of a patient with BRIC who suffered from
Akbar, F. N. (Femmy) +4 more
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Coexisting Sickle Cell Anemia and Sarcoidosis: A Management Conundrum! [PDF]
Sickle cell disease and Sarcoidosis are conditions that are more common in the African American population. In this report we share an unfortunate patient who had hepatic sarcoidosis but could not receive steroids since that precipitated acute liver ...
Gollahalli, Nagesh S., Nutan, FNU
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Background: Biliary atresia (extrahepatic cholestasis) and neonatal hepatitis (intrahepatic cholestasis) are two main causes of cholestasis. It is important to distinguish the type of cholestasis for determine management.
Bagus Setyoboedi +3 more
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Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC): Evidence of genetic heterogeneity and delimitation of the BRIC locus to a 7-cM interval between D18S69 and D18S64 [PDF]
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is an autosomal recessive liver disease characterized by multiple episodes of cholestasis without progression to chronic liver disease.
Amstel, H.K.P. van +15 more
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BACKGROUND: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is a pregnancy-related liver condition that is characterized by elevated liver function tests and/or bile acids in the presence of pruritis.
Maria Cemortan, PhD +3 more
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Generation of a bile salt export pump deficiency model using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells [PDF]
Bile salt export pump (BSEP) plays an important role in hepatic secretion of bile acids and its deficiency results in severe cholestasis and liver failure.
Harada Kazuo +15 more
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The debut of benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis in acute hepatitis A
Background. Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis is a rare inherited disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of severe hyperbilirubinemia and pruritus that resolve spontaneously.
K. Yu. Kokina +4 more
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An Insight Into Neonatal Cholestasis; A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Objective: To determine the frequencies of various etiologies of neonatal cholestasis diagnosed by clinical findings and laboratory investigations at the Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Sughra Azhar +4 more
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Recent advances in the exploration of the bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11) function [PDF]
ntroduction: The bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11), residing in the apical membrane of hepatocyte, mediates the secretion of bile salts into the bile.
Homolya, László +1 more
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