Clinical and biochemical footprints of inherited metabolic diseases. II. Metabolic liver diseases

Inherited metabolic diseases account for about one third of pediatric patients with hepatomegaly, acute liver failure, cirrhosis or cholestasis. Specifically for pediatric acute liver failure, they account for 10–15% of cases, with a mortality of 22–65%. The percentage of acute liver failure caused...

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Published in:	Molecular genetics and metabolism 2019-06, Vol.127 (2), p.117-121
Main Authors:	Ferreira, Carlos R., Cassiman, David, Blau, Nenad
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acute liver failure Cholestasis Cirrhosis Diagnosis, Differential Elevated liver enzymes Fatty liver Hepatic adenomas Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatomegaly Hepatomegaly - etiology Humans Inborn errors of metabolism Inherited metabolic diseases Liver Cirrhosis - etiology Liver Diseases - diagnosis Liver Diseases - etiology Liver Failure, Acute - etiology Liver Transplantation - adverse effects Metabolic liver disease Metabolism, Inborn Errors - complications Metabolism, Inborn Errors - diagnosis Metabolism, Inborn Errors - genetics Steatosis
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