Alagille syndrome

A rare syndrome variably characterized by chronic cholestasis due to paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis, vertebrae segmentation anomalies, characteristic facies, posterior embryotoxon/anterior segment abnormalities, pigmentary retinopathy, and dysplastic kidneys.

Malnutrition



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PMID (PMCID)
10400102
MIXED_SAMPLE Infant
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for continuous feeding in children with chronic cholestasis.
Duche M, Habes D, Lababidi A, Chardot C, Wenz J, Bernard O.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1999;29(1):42-5.
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was performed in five children (age range, 20 months to 13 years) with severe cholestasis (Alagille syndrome in four; biliary atresia in one) and severe malnutrition (mean weight, -2.6 standard deviations; mean height, -2.7 standard deviations) who were awaiting liver transplantation.