UNLABELLED Early differentiation of extrahepatic biliary atresia from intrahepatic cholestasis is important. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is an excellent noninvasive investigation for ruling out extrahepatic biliary atresia. This study aimed at identifying the role of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a choleretic agent, in conjunction with hepatobiliary scintigraphy in differentiating extrahepatic bi...

CHIBA, S., FUJIWARA, T., SHIONO, H. and NAKAO, T. Frequency of Australia Antigen Detected by Radioimmunoassay in Hepatitis in Children . Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1973, 109 (3), 307-308 Ninety-eight serum specimens obtained from 53 cases of hepatitis in children and 11 specimens from 10 cases of biliary atresia were tested for Australia (Au) antigen by radioimmunoassay (RIA) . Au antigen was detecte...

OBJECTIVE To review the risk of in utero infection through prenatal invasive procedures in women with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. OUTCOMES Fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. EVIDENCE Published literature was retrieved through searches of Medline, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library using appropriate controlled vocabulary (amniocentes...

the term congenital hypopituitarism defines deficiency of all of the pituitary hormones. hypoglycemia and microphallus (in males) are common findings, and some infants have shown evidence of the neonatal hepatitis syndrome. we report a case of congenital panhypopituitarism with deficiency of six major hormones and association with severe hypoglycemia, impaired liver function tests and congenita...

Objective: To see the usefulness of liver biopsy in the diagnosis and to document the spectrum of paediatric liver diseases. Methods: A retrospective, cross sectional survey at Histopathology department of Army Medical College Rawalpindi from January 2000 to December 2003. The liver biopsies were taken with Menghini needle. The fixed tissues were processed under standard conditions. Results: Du...

Kobayashi, A., Utsunomiya, T., Ohbe, Y., and Nagashima, Y. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 90. Intestinal absorption of calcium and magnesium in hepatobiliary disease in infancy. The intestinal absorption of calcium and magnesium was measured by metabolic balance studies in 6 normal infants, 13 infants with biliary atresia, 5 infants with successfully repaired biliary atresia, 7 i...

Soon after introducing recombinant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, universal neonatal vaccination became the corner stone of the preventive measures for this potentially life threatening infection (1-3). By 2006 more than 177 out of 193 member states of world health organization (WHO) introduced HBV vaccination in their national infant immunization programs (1). Following a complete series of ...

Introduction Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disorder (NOMID) is the most severe of the Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS) spectrum [1]. Given the persistent nature of CAPS, symptoms may be confused with autoimmune diseases. However, unlike autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory disorders are not associated with high-titer autoantibodies or antigen-specific T cells. Here we d...

Hepatitis B adalah suatu penyakit hati yang disebabkan oleh virus hepatitis (HBV). Cara penularan HBV secara parenteral yaitu vertikal (transmisi) maternal (ibu)-neonatal (janin) atau horisontal (kontak antar individu sangat erat dan lama, seksual, iatrogenik, serta penggunaan jarum suntik bersama). Warga Binaan Pemasyarakatan (WBP) Lapas Narkotika merupakan salah satu orang memiliki faktor ris...