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A case of fatal liver failure due to chronic environmental exposure of copper in a child
Environmental Disease, 2022 Chronic liver damage followed by copper toxicity is very rare in pediatric population. This case report describes a 9-year-old child with acute liver failure as the presentation of copper toxicity due to chronic environmental exposure as a part of an ...
Utpal Sutaria +3 more
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Chronic Acetaminophen Exposure in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
Pediatrics, 2013 BACKGROUND: Acetaminophen (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol [APAP]) is a widely used medication that can cause hepatotoxicity. We examined characteristics and outcomes of children with chronic exposure (CE) to APAP in the multinational Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) Study.
Leonis, Mike A +4 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 Background: We describe the first pediatric case of a 10-month-old boy with MIS-C who developed fulminant acute liver failure with associated giant cell transformation and a fatal outcome, after ruling out other infectious, metabolic, genetic, and ...
Carolina Bonilla Gonzalez +5 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Hepatitis A is one of the most common infectious causes of acute hepatitis, and currently, a neglected global public health problem necessitating an urgent response in Somalia.
Esra Keles +6 more
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Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2023 Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a common pediatric malignancy, typically manifesting with symptoms of bone marrow and hematolymphoid organ infiltration.
Simran Bhatnagar +3 more
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Immunophenotype Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2013 ABSTRACTObjectives:We sought to determine whether markers of T‐cell immune activation, including soluble interleukin 2 receptor alpha (sIL2Rα) levels predict outcome in pediatric acute liver failure and may target potential candidates for immunomodulatory therapy.Methods:We analyzed markers of immune activation in 77 patients with pediatric acute liver
John, Bucuvalas +7 more
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Management of Acute Liver Failure: A Pediatric Perspective [PDF]
Current Pediatrics Reports, 2018 Pediatric acute liver failure is a rare, complex, rapidly progressing, and life-threatening illness. Majority of pediatric acute liver failures have unknown etiology. This review intends to discuss the current literature on the challenging aspects of management of acute liver failure.Collaborative multidisciplinary approach for management of patients ...
Bhatt, Heli, Rao, Girish S.
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Pediatric liver failure: we came, we saw, but have we conquered? [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
F1000Research, 2017 Although there have been advances made in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute liver failure, there is still no consensus regarding the definition or standardized evaluation, and an inability to predict outcomes, specifically irreversible ...
Sara Kathryn Smith, Philip Rosenthal
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Hepatic manifestations of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection are relatively common, mild, and self-limiting. Although fulminant hepatic failure has been reported in a few cases, the contributing factors are unclear. This report discusses a pediatric case
Koji Nakajima +13 more
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Donor gender does not affect liver transplantation outcome in children [PDF]
, 1990 The liver is recognized as a sex hormone-responsive organ. Gender-specific differences in liver function are known to exist. Recently, a higher failure rate for organs transplanted in adults from female donors to male recipients has been reported.
Gavaler, JS +3 more
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