There are also many pediatric liver diseases, including biliary atresia, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, alagille syndrome, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, Langerhans cell histiocytosis and regenerate and has a large reserve capacity.
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If the neonatal jaundice does not clear up with simple phototherapy, other causes such as biliary atresia, Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, bile duct paucity, Alagille syndrome, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, and other pediatric liver diseases should be considered.
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Ursodiol may be used for biliary stasis, [ also known as intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, to relieve the symptoms of itching, and to decrease infant mortality rate, which is generally believed to be 10 % when Urso is not administered in this fairly rare, and largely undiagnosed pregnancy related disorder.
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Among these, many have been characterized and shown to be causally related to diseases present in humans such as cystic fibrosis, adrenoleukodystrophy, Stargadt s disease, drug-resistant tumors, Dubin-Johnson syndrome, Byler s disease, progressive familiar intrahepatic cholestasis, X-linked sideroblastic anemia, ataxia, and persistent and hyperinsulimenic hypoglycemia.
