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Review Article
Gastroenterology
Liver fibrosis in children: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy
Elif Ozdogan, Cigdem Arikan
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2023;66(3):110-124.   Published online December 19, 2022
· Chronic liver diseases in children are heterogenous but converge in the common pathway of fibrosis.
· Much of the literature on mechanisms of fibrogenesis focus on adults but pediatric physiology has documented differences.
· Understanding of these distinctions are necessary to define, treat, and prevent fibrosis.
· Current management of liver fibrosis relies heavily on liver biopsy. Multiple tools have shown high diagnostic performance in pediatric and adult populations. Large, multicenter studies are needed for validation.
Original Article
Diagnostic limitation and usefulness of 99mTc-DISIDA hepatobiliary scanning on neonatal cholestasis
Jung Mi Kim, Byung-Ho Choi, You Cheol Jang, Ki Won Oh, Min Hyun Cho, Kyung Hee Lee, Jin-Young Park, Heng Mi Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2006;49(7):737-744.   Published online July 15, 2006
Purpose : To assess the usefulness of 99mTc-DISIDA scanning in the early evaluation of neonatal cholestasis and to verify the diagnostic value of this test in the differential diagnosis of biliary atresia. Methods : DISIDA scannings were performed and analyzed in 87 children(58 males and 29 females; age, 18-139 days, mean, 59.1 days) with neonatal cholestasis. Five groups according to the...
The Usefulness of MRCP in the Evaluation of Pancreaticobiliary Diseases in Children
Ji Hyun Uhm, Seung Yeon Lee, Ki Sup Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2002;45(11):1381-1388.   Published online November 15, 2002
Purpose : Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP) is a noninvasive method for imaging the pancreaticobiliary tree. The aim of this study was to evalute the usefulness of MRCP for the diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary diseases in children. Methods : From October 1996 to May 2001, 67 patients with obstructive jaundice and three patients with chronic recurrent pancreatitis were evaluated with abdominal ultrasonography and...
Therapeutic Efficacy of Cefotaxime as an Empirical Antibiotic on Ascending Cholangitis after Kasai Operation for Biliary Atresia
Dong Ho Kim, Byong Sop Lee, Yun Kyung Kim, Jae Sung Ko, Hoan Jong Lee, Jeong Kee Seo
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2002;45(4):474-481.   Published online April 15, 2002
Purpose : Ascending cholangitis is the most common complication after Kasai operations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of cefotaxime as an empirical antibiotic on ascending cholangitis after Kasai operations. Methods : Thirty-nine episodes of cholangitis in twenty-nine children who underwent Kasai operations at Seoul National University Children's Hospital from January 1991 to December 2000 were...
The Usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography in the Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia
Seok Joo Han, Ki Sup Chung, Myung-Joon Kim, Airi Han, Eui Ho Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(8):899-907.   Published online August 15, 2001
Purpose : To evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiography(MRC) for the diagnosis of biliary atresia in infantile cholestatic jaundice. Methods : Fifty consecutive infants with cholestatic jaundice underwent single-shot MRC for 3 years. The radiologic diagnosis of non-biliary atresia with MRC was based on visualization of the common bile duct and common hepatic duct. The diagnosis of biliary atresia was...
A Catalogue of Gene Expression Difference in Biliary Cirrhosis due to Biliary Atresia Using Differential Expressed Sequence Tags(EST) Screening
Byung-Ho Choe, Hyun-Mi Lee, Moon-Kyu Kim, Jung-Chul Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(1):60-69.   Published online January 15, 2000
Purpose : Extrahepatic biliary atresia is the most common indication for liver transplantation in children, but the etiology of this disorders remains unknown. It would be very signficant to identify genes that are specifically expressed in pathologic liver tissue of biliary atresia and analyze the pattern of expression in those genes. Methods : We made dot blot panels consisting of 1,730 different EST(expressed sequence...
Clinical and Pathological Comparison of Neonatal Hepatitis and Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia in Korean Children
Jae Hong Park, Ju Suk Lee, Su Eun Park, Chang Hun Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(10):1372-1379.   Published online October 15, 1998
Purpose : Neonatal hepatitis and congenital extrahepatic biliary atresia are two major causes of neonatal cholestasis. But the method of therapeutic trials used for each disease is essentially different. Nonetheless, it is very difficult to differentiate these diseases clinically and histologically. This study is aimed to find out major differences between the two by clinical characteristics and scoring of various...
Prognosis of Congenital Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia After Hepatic Portoenterostomy
Myung Hyun Sohn, Ki Sup Chung, Euh Ho Whang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1996;39(5):658-664.   Published online May 15, 1996
Purpose : The surgical results for congenital extrahepatic biliary atresia have been improved since Kasai first described hepatic portoenterostomy(Kasai operation) in 1959. This study was conducted to evaluate the postoperative prognosis of congenital extrahepatic biliary atresia after hepatic portoenterostomy. Methods : This clinical study was done by reviewing the medical records of 30 patients who have undergone hepatic portoenterostomy at the Severance Hospital, Yonsei...
The Usefulness of Measuring Serum α-fetoprotein and Thyroxine-binding Globulin to Differentiate between Neonatal Hepatitis and Congenital Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
Soo Kyoung Lee, Ki Sup Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1993;36(4):512-520.   Published online April 15, 1993
Together, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia make up approximately 70 to 80% of the causes of neonatal cholestasis. Biliary atresia must be differentiated from neonatal hepatitis as soon as possible in order to institute early surgical intervention. We performed this study to examine whether the measurement of the serum α-fetoprotein(AFP) and thyroxine-binding globulin(TBG) was useful for differentiating these two conditions....
Three cases of Watson-Alagille syndrome.
Eun Kyeong Bom, Dae Hyun Kim, Dong Hoon Koh, Young Youn Choi, Jae Sook Ma, Tae Ju Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1991;34(12):1699-1706.   Published online December 31, 1991
Watson-Alagille syndrome is a kind of familial intrahepatic biliary atresia associated with charac- teristic face and cardiovascular anomaly. Growth and developmental delay, anomalies of the eyes such as posterior embryotoxon, deformities of the skeletal system are often the manifestations of this syndrome. We experienced three cases of Watson-Alagille syndrome recently. These patients showed charac- teristic faces and had peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis diagnosed by pulmonary...
A Clinical and histopathological Studies of congenital Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia.
Kweon Ha Son, Ki Sup Chung, Euh Ho Whang, Chan Il Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(4):436-445.   Published online April 30, 1988
A clinical assessment of the 30 patients with extrahepatic biliary atresia who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics and pediatric Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine from January, 1979 to January, 1987 was performed. In 21 patients who underwent hepatic portoenterostomy, the relationship between outcome and surgery was analyzed. Finally, collelations between lonterm prognosis and the histopathology of biopsied liver tissue, postoperative bile...
Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy with 99mTc-DISIDA in the Evaluation of Neonatal Jaundice.
Kwang Soo Hwang, Sae Jin Lee, Kyung Sook Cho, Chong Dae Cho, Bok Hwan Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1984;27(7):664-672.   Published online July 31, 1984
Hepatobiliary scintigraphy with 99mTc-DISIDA was used to evaluate neonates with direct hyperbilirubinemia who were admitted to the department of Pediatrics, Maryknoll hospital, between May 1981 and Jun. 1983. 1)Total number of patients were 10, boys to girls ratio was 4:1, and age distribution ranging from 9 to 200 days of age. 2)Initial studies of the seven patients intrahepatic cholestasis showed definite...
Clinical Assessment of Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Hepatitis.
Chong Ku Yun, Eue Cho Yang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1984;27(1):33-42.   Published online January 31, 1984
A clinical assessment was carried out in 37 cases with Extrahepatic biliary atresia (EHBA) and 35 cases with Neonatal hepatitis (NH), who were admitted to the Dept, of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, during the 30 months from January 1980 to June 1982. The following results were obtained; 1)By sex distribution, 40% of EHBA and 69% of NH...
Etiological & Clinical Study for Neonatal Hepatitis & Biliary Atresia.
Ki Sub Chung, Kir Young Kim, Hyo Kyu Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1983;26(5):440-448.   Published online May 31, 1983
The following result WBS obtained through the clinical observation of 67 cases with neonatal hepatitis, 7 cases with extrahepaticbiliary atresia, 1 case with intrahepatic biliary atresia admitted at Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University Hospital during the period of January, 1979 through October, 1982. The clinical & etiological study was performed by the Hepatitis B marker, Liver function test, Liver scan, pathologic findings by percutaneous liver...