title: [Primary sclerosing cholangitis in children - clinical manifestations and diagnostic difficulties].
abstract: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare chronic disease of intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts, which causes cholestasis with inflammation and fibrosis ultimately resulting in biliary cirrhosis. The review focuses on clinical manifestations and diagnostic difficulties in primary sclerosing cholangitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Pediatrii, Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii i zywienia Dzieci, Gdański Uniwersytet Medycznego, 80-803 Gdańsk. mgora@amg.gda.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Góra-Gebka
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liberek
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sikorska-Wiśniewska
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gołebiewski
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kamińska
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male