From the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children s Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Abstract: (4244 Views)
During a period of three years from 1996 to 1998, 124 infants (64 male and
60 female) with an age range of 1-6 months (mean age 1.5 months) with cholestasis
were studied. Idiopathic neonatal hepatitis was the most common cause of
cholestasis, accounting for 48 cases with a rate of 3'8.70% in a total of 124 patients,
followed by galactosemia in 29 patients (23.38%) and extrahepatic biliary
atresia in 20 patients (16.12%).
The prompt identification and diagnostic assessment of these infants are imperative
to early surgical intervention (e.g. in biliary atresia) and specific medical
therapy (e.g. in galactosemia) and in order to institute effective nutritional and
medical support to allow optimal growth and development and prevent progressive
liver disease and death.
Type of Study:
Original Research |
Subject:
Pediatric