Neonatal lupus erythematosus


Hepatic fibrosis

The presence of excessive fibrous connective tissue in the liver. Fibrosis is a reparative or reactive process.


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PMID (PMCID)
2299493
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
Liver disease in neonatal lupus erythematosus.
Laxer RM, Roberts EA, Gross KR, Britton JR, Cutz E, Dimmick J, Petty RE, Silverman ED.
J Pediatr. 1990;116(2):238-42.
We speculate that neonatal hepatitis proceeding to hepatic fibrosis may occur in neonatal lupus erythematosus, analogous to the occurrence of "idiopathic" congenital heart block.