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Chapter-44 Metabolic Liver Diseases

BOOK TITLE: Liver Transplantation

Author
1. K Dilip Chakravarty
2. Lee WC
3. Jan YY
4. Lee Po-Huang
ISBN
9788184487701
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10445_44
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2010
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linkou), Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
2. Chang Gung Transplantation Institute (Linkou), Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
3. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Linkou), Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
4. National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)
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Abstract

Metabolic liver diseases are a group of disorders which usually present in childhood with a wide-range of effects on the liver. Incidence is approximately 20% of pediatric and 4% of adult liver transplants performed for metabolic diseases. Metabolic disorders can be divided into 4 different groups according to the etiology: A. Primary metabolic defect is in the liver such as Wilson disease, α1–Antitrypsin deficiency, neonatal hemochromatosis, galactosemia, and glycogen storage disease type I, IV and alagille syndrome. B. Primary metabolic defect is in the liver and liver function is preserved such as familial amyloid polyneuropathy, primary hyperoxaluria type I, Crigler-Najjar syndrome type I, familial hypercholesterolemia, and urea cycle defects. C. Primary metabolic defect is extrahepatic such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Gaucher disease, hereditary hemochromatosis, and porphyria. D. Systemic metabolic defect, liver also involved such as cystic fibrosis.

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