Two young brothers with cirrhosis are reported. They are the issue of a first-cousin marriage between Bangladeshi parents. The older boy was born in Bangladesh, the younger in England. A diagnosis of Indian childhood cirrhosis (ICC) was made on the basis of the clinical features and the liver histology. The younger brother represents the first example of this disease in a patient born in the Un...

Antibody to hepatitis A virus (anti-HAV) was found in 50% of patients with Indian childhood cirrhosis; this was not significantly different from the prevalence of anti-HAV in age- and sex-matched controls.

Historical background and past knowledge: The infantile and childhood variety of Cirrhosis was first described by Sen from Bengal in 1887 [3]. Earlier, it was known by the name ‘infantile cirrhosis’ or ‘infantile biliary cirrhosis’, based on a few clinicopathological accounts of the disease. In 1950s, the disease gained public health importance on account of its high prevalence, unique clinical...

Determining the reliability of a unilateral horizontal drop jump for displacement provided the focus for this research. Eighteen male subjects were required to step off a 20cm box and land on a force plate with one leg and thereafter jump for maximal horizontal displacement on two different days. Dependent variables from the jump assessment included mean and peak vertical (V) and horizontal (H)...