Pediatric Hepatology, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease: Volume 22-4

With collaboration from Consulting Editor Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Rosenthal has created an issue that provides current clinical information on the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases in children. Expert authors from top institutions have contributed review articles on the following topics: Biliary atresia; Alagille Syndrome; Hepatitis B & C in Children; NAFLD/NASH; Bile acid defects; Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis; Autoimmune hepatitis/PSC/Overlap syndrome; Portal hypertension/Cirrhosis in Children; Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; Hepatic tumors; Acute Liver Failure; and Liver transplantation in Children. Readers will come away with the information they need to make clinical decisions that will improve patient outcomes.

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1. Alagille Syndrome 2. Hepatitis B and C Viruses 3. Nonalcoholic liver disease in children and adolescents 4. Inborn Errors of Bile Acid Metabolism 5. Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis 6. Autoimmune Hepatitis, Sclerosing cholangitis and Autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis/overlap syndrome 7. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension in the Pediatric Population 8. Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Liver Disease 9. Pediatric Liver Tumors 10. Acute Liver Failure 11. Liver transplantation in Children