Cholestatic Liver Diseases in Children and Adults

Preface. Section I: Treatment Modalities in PBC. 1. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - A Suitable Case for Steroid Treatment? O.F.W. James. Section II: Old and New Cholestatic Diseases on Infancy and Childhood. 2. Finding Your Way in Cholestatic Paediatric Liver Disease During Infancy; K. Pittschieler. 3. Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis; E.M. Alonso, et al. 4. Clinical Relevance of Familial Cholestatic Disorders in Infancy and Childhood; M. Burdelski. Section III: Nutritional Aspects in Cholestatic Disease. 5. Nutrients, Cell Volume and Bile Secretion; M. Wettstein, et al. 6. Nutritional Aspects of Cholestatic Liver Disease in Children; D. Drews. 7. Effects of Cholestasis on Lipid Metabolism; S. Jackle, U. Beisiegel. 8. Cholestasis and the Bone; U. Beuers, G.-A. Kullak-Ublick. Section IV: Transplantation in Cholestatic Disease. 9. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: When to Transplant; R.H. Wiesner. 10. Diagnosis and Endoscopic Follow-up of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients; S. Wagner, et al. 11. Recurrence of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis After Liver Transplantation; J. Neuberger. Index.