HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS IN INFANCY AND CHILDREN
This article provides overviews of the hepatobiliary diseases associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). Liver disease in infancy and childhood is often asymptomatic, but serious complications arising from advanced disease, including cirrhosis with portal hypertension, occure more frequent, in the adoles...
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House,
2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | This article provides overviews of the hepatobiliary diseases associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). Liver disease in infancy and childhood is often asymptomatic, but serious complications arising from advanced disease, including cirrhosis with portal hypertension, occure more frequent, in the adolescent and adult population. The author presents: - specific hepatic disorders: incidency, specific hepatic disorders: fatty cirrhosis; neonatal cholestasis; evaluation of liver disease; management of liver disease (cholestasis, portal hypertension, hepatic failure); - biliary tract disease: nonvisualization of the gallbladder and microgallbladder; cholelitiasis; distal common duct stricture. |
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| Item Description: | 10.37897/RJP.2009.1.5 1454-0398 2069-6175 |