Anatomy and physiology of the liver; anatomy and physiology of the biliary tract; unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia; hepatitis and cholestasis in infancy; extrahepatic biliary atresia; viral infections of the liver; fulminant hepatic failure; Reye's syndrome; chronic hepatitis; autoimmune chronic active hepatitis; sclerosing cholangitis; cirrhosis and its complications; liver disorders caused by drugs or environmental toxins; inborn errors of metabolism; genetic and familial structural abnormalities of the liver and biliary system; Indian childhood cirrhosis; alphal-antitrypsin deficiency; hepatobiliary lesions in cystic fibrosis; liver and gallbladder disease in sickle cell anaemia; disorders of the portal and hepatic venous systems, gallbladder and biliary tract; liver tumours; liver transplantion; laboratory assessment of hepatobiliary disease.
This new edition aims to assist the clinician in earlier diagnosis of liver disorders in childhood and to highlight developments which allow better management of hapato-biliary disorders. Every chapter has been updated to include clinically relevant advances.