Metabolic liver disease in the pediatric patient.
Most metabolic liver diseases that affect pediatric patients present in the neonatal period with either cholestasis or acute liver failure. Metabolic liver disease in the older child has considerable overlap with adult patients. New diagnostic methods and therapy, including liver transplantation, has radically changed the outcome of many metabolic liver diseases.
Kelly
D A
DA
Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
McKiernan
P J
PJ
D016738:Alagille Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000628:therapy; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D020176:Tyrosinemias / Q000628:therapy; D019896:alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency / Q000628:therapy