Etiologies of diseases leading to cirrhosis are highly heterogeneous in the pediatric age
group. Each disease shows a particular natural history; its knowledge facilitates diagnosis …

Cirrhosis is the end result of nearly all forms of progressive liver disease. The diffuse hepatic
process can be characterized as a state of inflammation progressing to fibrosis and resulting …

Several conditions, especially chronic liver diseases, can lead to cirrhosis in children and
adolescents. Most cases in clinical practice are caused by similar etiologies. In infants …

The word “cirrhosis” comes from the Greek kirrhos, meaning yellowish, tawny, and describes
the gross pathology of the diseased liver. Since the late 1980s, however, clinicians have …

Perinatal and metabolic diseases are the major causes of chronic liver disease (CLD) in
children. Fibrosis of liver is the hallmark of CLD, which could progress to cirrhosis if there is …

Although rather uncommon and multifactorial in etiology, liver cirrhosis is a severe and often
rapidly fatal disease in pediatrics. In our institution, during the last 15 years, 22 children with …

Background Cirrhosis is rare in pediatrics. The children cirrhosis is particular by the
ascendancy of biliairy cirrhosis and cirrhosis due to an innate error of metabolism and by the …

Pediatric hepatology is no different than any other pediatric speciality. The prime objective is
either to cure disease or to minimize its impact on the child. The result will be that children …

Pediatric liver disease presents to the primary care provider via incidental laboratory
detection, during investigation of persistent signs and symptoms, or after dramatic clinical …

Chronic cholestasis, starting early in life, inborn errors of metabolism and chronic hepatitis
are the main causes of cirrhosis in children. Precise identification of the cause is crucial …