Abstract
3/2015
vol. 1
Review paper
Liver involvement in children with collagen vascular diseases
Clinical and Experimental HEPATOLOGY 2015; 3: 117–119
Online publish date: 2015/11/16
Liver injury such as hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and various degrees of biochemical abnormalities are quite common in children with collagen vascular diseases. They may be primary or secondary, particularly due to drug therapy (drug toxicity, fatty infiltration), superadded infections, diabetes or overlap with autoimmune hepatitis.
Keywords
liver diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Kawasaki disease, children
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