Biliary tract: PDF OnlyPediatric hepatobiliary diseaseWiechmann, David A. MD; Heubi, James E. MDAuthor Information Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology: September 1996 - Volume 12 - Issue 5 - p 477-481 Buy Abstract Recent advances in pediatric hepatobiliary disease are reflected by changes in three areas. New outcome data, therapeutic advances, development of hepatocellular carcinoma, and genetic mapping on syndromic paucity of intralobular bile ducts (Alagille syndrome) are reviewed. Biliary atresia outcome data, ideas regarding screening policy, and the role of reovirus in its pathogenesis are addressed. Finally, sclerosing cholangitis, its clinical picture in the pediatric population, and diagnostic techniques, including pediatric endoscopic retrograde cholangiopathy, are reviewed. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
