ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Serum bile acids
;
Alagille syndrome
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract To clarify whether an abnormal bile acid pattern has a role in the pathogenesis of Alagille syndrome, we compared serum bile acid patterns in seven with Alagille syndrome with those of patients with congenital biliary atresia (CBA), neonatal hepatitis (NH) and normal infants. Of the seven patients with Alagille syndrome, four patients were younger and three were older than 1 year. The mean total serum bile acid level in the infants was higher than in older subjects. There was a dissociation between the levels of serum total bile acid and bilirubin in three of the seven cases. The mean total bile acid levels in serum were in the following decreasing order: CBA, Alagille syndrome, NH and controls. The ratio of cholate to chenodeoxycholate in the younger patients with Alagille syndrome was significantly higher than CBA (P〈0.001). However, no specific bile acid pattern was found in Alagille syndrome by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00451949
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