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Hansen BE, Vandriel SM, Vig P, Garner W, Mogul DB, Loomes KM, Piccoli DA, Rand EB, Jankowska I, Czubkowski P, Gliwicz-Miedzińska D, Gonzales EM, Jacquemin E, Bouligand J, D’Antiga L, Nicastro E, Arnell H, Fischler B, Sokal É, Demaret T, Siew S, Stormon M, Karpen SJ, Romero R, Ebel NH, Feinstein JA, Roberts AJ, Evans HM, Sundaram SS, Chaidez A, Hardikar W, Shankar S, Fischer RT, Lacaille F, Debray D, Lin HC, Jensen MK, Jaramillo C, Karthikeyan P, Indolfi G, Verkade HJ, Larson-Nath C, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Valentino PL, Rogalidou M, Dezsőfi A, Squires JE, Schwarz K, Calvo PL, Bernabeu JQ, Zizzo AN, Nebbia G, Bulut P, Santos-Silva E, Fawaz R, Nastasio S, Karnsakul W, Tamara ML, Busoms CM, Kelly DA, Sandahl TD, Jimenez-Rivera C, Banales JM, Mujawar Q, Li LT, She H, Wang JS, Kim KM, Oh SH, Sanchez MC, Cavalieri ML, Lee WS, Hajinicolaou C, Lertudomphonwanit C, Waisbourd-Zinman O, Arikan C, Alam S, Carvalho E, Melere M, Eshun J, Önal Z, Desai DM, Wiecek S, Pinto RB, Wolters VM, Garcia J, Beretta M, Kerkar N, Brecelj J, Rock N, Lurz E, Blondet N, Shah U, Thompson RJ, Kamath BM. Event-free survival of maralixibat-treated patients with Alagille syndrome compared to a real-world cohort from GALA. Hepatology 2024; 79:1279-1292. [PMID: 38146932 PMCID: PMC11095900 DOI: 10.1097/hep.0000000000000727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is characterized by chronic cholestasis with associated pruritus and extrahepatic anomalies. Maralixibat, an ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor, is an approved pharmacologic therapy for cholestatic pruritus in ALGS. Since long-term placebo-controlled studies are not feasible or ethical in children with rare diseases, a novel approach was taken comparing 6-year outcomes from maralixibat trials with an aligned and harmonized natural history cohort from the G lobal AL agille A lliance (GALA) study. APPROACH AND RESULTS Maralixibat trials comprise 84 patients with ALGS with up to 6 years of treatment. GALA contains retrospective data from 1438 participants. GALA was filtered to align with key maralixibat eligibility criteria, yielding 469 participants. Serum bile acids could not be included in the GALA filtering criteria as these are not routinely performed in clinical practice. Index time was determined through maximum likelihood estimation in an effort to align the disease severity between the two cohorts with the initiation of maralixibat. Event-free survival, defined as the time to first event of manifestations of portal hypertension (variceal bleeding, ascites requiring therapy), surgical biliary diversion, liver transplant, or death, was analyzed by Cox proportional hazards methods. Sensitivity analyses and adjustments for covariates were applied. Age, total bilirubin, gamma-glutamyl transferase, and alanine aminotransferase were balanced between groups with no statistical differences. Event-free survival in the maralixibat cohort was significantly better than the GALA cohort (HR, 0.305; 95% CI, 0.189-0.491; p <0.0001). Multiple sensitivity and subgroup analyses (including serum bile acid availability) showed similar findings. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates a novel application of a robust statistical method to evaluate outcomes in long-term intervention studies where placebo comparisons are not feasible, providing wide application for rare diseases. This comparison with real-world natural history data suggests that maralixibat improves event-free survival in patients with ALGS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bettina E. Hansen
- Department of Hepatology, Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Foster City, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Service d’Hépatologie et de Transplantation Hépatique Pédiatriques, Centre de Référence de l’Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases Génétiques (AVB-CG), FSMR FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, and Inserm U1193, Hépatinov, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Service d’Hépatologie et de Transplantation Hépatique Pédiatriques, Centre de Référence de l’Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases Génétiques (AVB-CG), FSMR FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, and Inserm U1193, Hépatinov, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Pharmacogenetics and Hormonology, Service de Génétique Moléculaire, Pharmacogénétique et Hormonologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Saclay, Assistance PubliqueHôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Transplantation, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric GI and Hepatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Service De Gastroentérologie & Hépatologie Pédiatrique, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric GI and Hepatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Service De Gastroentérologie & Hépatologie Pédiatrique, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Starship Child Health, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Starship Child Health, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics and the Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics and the Digestive Health Institute, Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Section of Hepatology, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Pediatric Liver Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases (Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestasis), FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Primary Children’s Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Primary Children’s Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department Neurofarba, University of Florence and Meyer Children’s University Hospital, Paediatric and Liver Unit, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, “Agia Sofia” Children’s Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children’s Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Citta’ della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Biodonostia Health Research Institute—Donostia University Hospital, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, London Health Sciences Centre, Children’s Hospital, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Servizio di Epatologia Pediatrica, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Do Porto, Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Cruces University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Paediatric Hepatology, Liver Unit, Birmingham Women’s & Children’s Hospital NHS Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Biodonostia Health Research Institute—Donostia University Hospital, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pediatrics, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Petah Tikva, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Hospital da Criança de Brasília, Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Departamento de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia Pediátrica, Pediatric Gastroenterology Service, Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital and The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Department, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Solid Organ Transplant Department, Children’s Health—Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology of Hospital da Criança Conceição do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition/Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, University Hospitals Geneva and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology & Hepatology Division, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Inflammation Biology, Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ucku D, Armutlu A, Cipe F, Ersoy GZ, Karakaya AD, Arikan C. Hepatocellular Carcinoma in ADA-SCID Patient After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2023; 45:285-289. [PMID: 37027238 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
Abstract
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is one of the most prevalent forms of severe combined immunodeficiency and results in the accumulation of toxic substrates which creates a systemic metabolic disease. It predisposes patients to the development of malignancies, most commonly lymphoma. We report an 8-month-old infant with ADA deficient severe combined immunodeficiency who developed progressive liver dysfunction and hepatocellular carcinoma after successful hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This is the first case report of an ADA-deficient patient who presented with hepatocellular carcinoma and gives an insight into the complex etiology that can lie behind liver dysfunction in these patients.
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- Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Istinye University School of Medicine
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- Altinbas University School of Medicine, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine
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Mann JP, Vreugdenhil ACE, Zellos A, Krag A, Konidari A, Alisi A, Koot B, Kohlmaier B, Hudert CA, Tzivinikos C, Arikan C, Pienar C, Kelly D, Lurz E, Verduci E, Nicastro E, Fitzpatrick E, Indolfi G, Ranucci G, Antunes H, Labayen I, Degrassi I, Melek J, Brecelj J, Bronsky J, Lubrecht J, Brook K, Fotoulaki M, Rogalidou M, Samyn M, Zavhorodnia N, Junge N, Zavhorodnia O, Newsome P, DeBruyne R, Lefere S, Xavier S, Berg T, Lucian T, Frings V, Jańczyk W, Baumann U. Diagnosis of fatty liver in children should occur in parallel to investigation for other causes of liver disease. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 8:598-600. [PMID: 37028436 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-1253(23)00100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Yilmaz Y, Zeybel M, Adali G, Cosar AM, Sertesen E, Gokcan H, Bahcecioglu HI, Sahin M, Tulunay C, Ergun I, Turan I, Idilman IS, Celikel C, Kirimlioglu H, Akyol G, Yilmaz F, Sokmensuer C, Guveli H, Akarca US, Akyuz U, Genc V, Akyildiz M, Yazihan N, Tutar E, Ates F, Dincer D, Balaban Y, Kiyici M, Akdogan M, Sonsuz A, Idilman R, Yapali S, Dursun H, Aladag M, Satman I, Karcaaltincaba M, Arikan C, Gulerman F, Selimoglu A, Ozen H, Basaranoglu M, Karakan T, Yurci A, Demir K, Koruk M, Uygun A, Sezgin O, Gulec S, Besisik F, Simsek H, Hulagu S, Tozun N, Mardinoglu A, Demir M, Doganay L, Akarsu M, Karasu Z, Kaymakoglu S, Gunsar F. TASL Practice Guidance on the Clinical Assessment and Management of Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatol Forum 2023; 4:1-32. [PMID: 37920782 PMCID: PMC10588738 DOI: 10.14744/hf.2023.2023.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a multisystem disease and is significantly associated with obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. NAFLD has become the most prevalent chronic liver disease in Western countries, and the proportion of NAFLD-related cirrhosis among patients on liver transplantation waiting lists has increased. In light of the accumulated data about NAFLD, and to provide a common approach with multi-disciplines dealing with the subject, it has become necessary to create new guidance for diagnosing and treating NAFLD. This guidance was prepared following an interdisciplinary study under the leadership of the Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (TASL), Fatty Liver Special Interest Group. This new TASL Guidance is a practical application guide on NAFLD and was prepared to standardize the clinical approach to diagnosing and treating NAFLD patients. This guidance reflects many advances in the field of NAFLD. The proposals in this guidance are meant to aid decision-making in clinical practice. The guidance is primarily intended for gastroenterology, endocrinology, metabolism diseases, cardiology, internal medicine, pediatric specialists, and family medicine specialists.
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- Yusuf Yilmaz
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
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- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
| | - Meral Akdogan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
| | - Abdullah Sonsuz
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Ramazan Idilman
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
| | - Members of Fatty Liver Special Interest Group
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Suna Yapali
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Hakan Dursun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Murat Aladag
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Ilhan Satman
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Musturay Karcaaltincaba
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Cigdem Arikan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Fulya Gulerman
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Ayse Selimoglu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Hasan Ozen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Metin Basaranoglu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Tarkan Karakan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Alper Yurci
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Kadir Demir
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Mehmet Koruk
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Ahmet Uygun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Orhan Sezgin
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Sadi Gulec
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Fatih Besisik
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Halis Simsek
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Sadettin Hulagu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Nurdan Tozun
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
| | - Adil Mardinoglu
- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, School of Medicine, Rize, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Karadeniz Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Oncology, Health Sciences University, Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Firat University School of Medicine, Elazig, Türkiye
- Department of Endocrinology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Nefrology, Ufuk University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine, Malatya, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Türkiye
- Department of Pathology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pathophysiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Mersin University School of Medicine, Mersin, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University School of Medicine, Bursa, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye
- Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Türkiye
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Ozdogan E, Arikan C. Liver fibrosis in children: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy. Clin Exp Pediatr 2023; 66:110-124. [PMID: 36550776 PMCID: PMC9989719 DOI: 10.3345/cep.2022.00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic liver disease incidence is increasing among children worldwide due to a multitude of epidemiological changes. Most of these chronic insults to the pediatric liver progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis to different degrees. Liver and immune physiology differs significantly in children from adults. Because most of pediatric liver diseases have no definitive therapy, a better understanding of population and disease-specific fibrogenesis is mandatory. Furthermore, fibrosis development has prognostic significance and often guide treatment. Evaluation of liver fibrosis continues to rely on the gold-standard liver biopsy. However, many high-quality studies put forward the high diagnostic accuracy of numerous diagnostic modalities in this setting. Herein, we summarize and discuss the recent literature on fibrogenesis with an emphasis on pediatric physiology along with a detailed outline of disease-specific signatures, noninvasive diagnostic modalities, and the potential for antifibrotic therapies.
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- Elif Ozdogan
- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Vandriel SM, Li L, She H, Wang J, Gilbert MA, Jankowska I, Czubkowski P, Gliwicz‐Miedzińska D, Gonzales EM, Jacquemin E, Bouligand J, Spinner NB, Loomes KM, Piccoli DA, D'Antiga L, Nicastro E, Sokal É, Demaret T, Ebel NH, Feinstein JA, Fawaz R, Nastasio S, Lacaille F, Debray D, Arnell H, Fischler B, Siew S, Stormon M, Karpen SJ, Romero R, Kim KM, Baek WY, Hardikar W, Shankar S, Roberts AJ, Evans HM, Jensen MK, Kavan M, Sundaram SS, Chaidez A, Karthikeyan P, Sanchez MC, Cavalieri ML, Verkade HJ, Lee WS, Squires JE, Hajinicolaou C, Lertudomphonwanit C, Fischer RT, Larson‐Nath C, Mozer‐Glassberg Y, Arikan C, Lin HC, Bernabeu JQ, Alam S, Kelly DA, Carvalho E, Ferreira CT, Indolfi G, Quiros‐Tejeira RE, Bulut P, Calvo PL, Önal Z, Valentino PL, Desai DM, Eshun J, Rogalidou M, Dezsőfi A, Wiecek S, Nebbia G, Pinto RB, Wolters VM, Tamara ML, Zizzo AN, Garcia J, Schwarz K, Beretta M, Sandahl TD, Jimenez‐Rivera C, Kerkar N, Brecelj J, Mujawar Q, Rock N, Busoms CM, Karnsakul W, Lurz E, Santos‐Silva E, Blondet N, Bujanda L, Shah U, Thompson RJ, Hansen BE, Kamath BM. Natural history of liver disease in a large international cohort of children with Alagille syndrome: Results from the GALA study. Hepatology 2023; 77:512-529. [PMID: 36036223 PMCID: PMC9869940 DOI: 10.1002/hep.32761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a multisystem disorder, characterized by cholestasis. Existing outcome data are largely derived from tertiary centers, and real-world data are lacking. This study aimed to elucidate the natural history of liver disease in a contemporary, international cohort of children with ALGS. APPROACH AND RESULTS This was a multicenter retrospective study of children with a clinically and/or genetically confirmed ALGS diagnosis, born between January 1997 and August 2019. Native liver survival (NLS) and event-free survival rates were assessed. Cox models were constructed to identify early biochemical predictors of clinically evident portal hypertension (CEPH) and NLS. In total, 1433 children (57% male) from 67 centers in 29 countries were included. The 10 and 18-year NLS rates were 54.4% and 40.3%. By 10 and 18 years, 51.5% and 66.0% of children with ALGS experienced ≥1 adverse liver-related event (CEPH, transplant, or death). Children (>6 and ≤12 months) with median total bilirubin (TB) levels between ≥5.0 and <10.0 mg/dl had a 4.1-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6-10.8), and those ≥10.0 mg/dl had an 8.0-fold (95% CI, 3.4-18.4) increased risk of developing CEPH compared with those <5.0 mg/dl. Median TB levels between ≥5.0 and <10.0 mg/dl and >10.0 mg/dl were associated with a 4.8 (95% CI, 2.4-9.7) and 15.6 (95% CI, 8.7-28.2) increased risk of transplantation relative to <5.0 mg/dl. Median TB <5.0 mg/dl were associated with higher NLS rates relative to ≥5.0 mg/dl, with 79% reaching adulthood with native liver ( p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In this large international cohort of ALGS, only 40.3% of children reach adulthood with their native liver. A TB <5.0 mg/dl between 6 and 12 months of age is associated with better hepatic outcomes. These thresholds provide clinicians with an objective tool to assist with clinical decision-making and in the evaluation of therapies.
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- Shannon M. Vandriel
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Center for Pediatric Liver Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition Disturbances and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases (Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestasis), FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Bicêtre Hospital, AP‐HP and Inserm U1193, Hepatinov, Université Paris‐Saclay, Le Kremlin‐Bicêtre, France
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- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases (Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestasis), FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Bicêtre Hospital, AP‐HP and Inserm U1193, Hepatinov, Université Paris‐Saclay, Le Kremlin‐Bicêtre, France
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- Service de Génétique Moléculaire, Pharmacogénétique et Hormonologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris‐Saclay, Assistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin‐Bicêtre, France
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- Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Service De Gastroentérologie & Hépatologie Pédiatrique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint‐Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Service De Gastroentérologie & Hépatologie Pédiatrique, Cliniques Universitaires Saint‐Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Nutrition, Necker‐Enfants Malades Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Pediatric Liver Unit, National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases (Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestasis), FILFOIE, ERN RARE LIVER, Necker‐Enfants Malades Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta & Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center, Narayana Health, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Starship Child Health, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics and the Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics and the Digestive Health Institute, Children's Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division, Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Pediatrics, Center for Liver, Digestive, and Metabolic Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Section of Hepatology, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Liver Unit, Birmingham Women's & Children's Hospital NHS Trust, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Department, Hospital da Criança de Brasília, Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Service, Hospital da Criança Santo Antôni, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Paediatric and Liver Unit, Department Neurofarba, University of Florence and Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital & Medical Center and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera‐Universitaria Citta' della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Department, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Solid Organ Transplant Department, Children's Health – Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Texas, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, First Department of Pediatrics, “Agia Sofia” Children's Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- First Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Servizio di Epatologia Pediatrica, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology of Hospital da Criança Conceição do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, London Health Sciences Centre, Children's Hospital, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Donostia University Hospital, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), San Sebastián, Spain
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- Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Toronto General Hospital University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Felzen A, van Wessel DB, Gonzales E, Thompson RJ, Jankowska I, Shneider BL, Sokal E, Grammatikopoulos T, Kadaristiana A, Jacquemin E, Spraul A, Lipiński P, Czubkowski P, Rock N, Shagrani M, Broering D, Nicastro E, Kelly D, Nebbia G, Arnell H, Fischler B, Hulscher JB, Serranti D, Arikan C, Polat E, Debray D, Lacaille F, Goncalves C, Hierro L, Muñoz Bartolo G, Mozer-Glassberg Y, Azaz A, Brecelj J, Dezsőfi A, Calvo PL, Grabhorn E, Hartleif S, van der Woerd WJ, Kamath BM, Wang JS, Li L, Durmaz Ö, Kerkar N, Jørgensen MH, Fischer R, Jimenez-Rivera C, Alam S, Cananzi M, Laverdure N, Ferreira CT, Guerrero FO, Wang H, Sency V, Kim KM, Chen HL, de Carvalho E, Fabre A, Bernabeu JQ, Zellos A, Alonso EM, Sokol RJ, Suchy FJ, Loomes KM, McKiernan PJ, Rosenthal P, Turmelle Y, Horslen S, Schwarz K, Bezerra JA, Wang K, Hansen BE, Verkade HJ. Genotype-phenotype relationships of truncating mutations, p.E297G and p.D482G in bile salt export pump deficiency. JHEP Rep 2022; 5:100626. [PMID: 36687469 PMCID: PMC9852554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2022.100626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background & Aims Bile salt export pump (BSEP) deficiency frequently necessitates liver transplantation in childhood. In contrast to two predicted protein truncating mutations (PPTMs), homozygous p.D482G or p.E297G mutations are associated with relatively mild phenotypes, responsive to surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation (siEHC). The phenotype of patients with a compound heterozygous genotype of one p.D482G or p.E297G mutation and one PPTM has remained unclear. We aimed to assess their genotype-phenotype relationship. Methods From the NAPPED database, we selected patients with homozygous p.D482G or p.E297G mutations (BSEP1/1; n = 31), with one p.D482G or p.E297G, and one PPTM (BSEP1/3; n = 30), and with two PPTMs (BSEP3/3; n = 77). We compared clinical presentation, native liver survival (NLS), and the effect of siEHC on NLS. Results The groups had a similar median age at presentation (0.7-1.3 years). Overall NLS at age 10 years was 21% in BSEP1/3 vs. 75% in BSEP1/1 and 23% in BSEP3/3 (p <0.001). Without siEHC, NLS in the BSEP1/3 group was similar to that in BSEP3/3, but considerably lower than in BSEP1/1 (at age 10 years: 38%, 30%, and 71%, respectively; p = 0.003). After siEHC, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 were associated with similarly low NLS, while NLS was much higher in BSEP1/1 (10 years after siEHC, 27%, 14%, and 92%, respectively; p <0.001). Conclusions Individuals with BSEP deficiency with one p.E297G or p.D482G mutation and one PPTM have a similarly severe disease course and low responsiveness to siEHC as those with two PPTMs. This identifies a considerable subgroup of patients who are unlikely to benefit from interruption of the enterohepatic circulation by either surgical or ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor treatment. Impact and implications This manuscript defines the clinical features and prognosis of individuals with BSEP deficiency involving the combination of one relatively mild and one very severe BSEP deficiency mutation. Until now, it had always been assumed that the mild mutation would be enough to ensure a relatively good prognosis. However, our manuscript shows that the prognosis of these patients is just as poor as that of patients with two severe mutations. They do not respond to biliary diversion surgery and will likely not respond to the new IBAT (ileal bile acid transporter) inhibitors, which have recently been approved for use in BSEP deficiency.
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Key Words
- ABCB11, ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B member 11
- ALT, alanine aminotransferase
- AST, aspartate aminotransferase
- BSEP
- BSEP, bile salt export pump
- ChiLDReN, Childhood Liver Disease Research Network
- GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase
- HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma
- LTx, liver transplantation
- NAPPED, NAtural course and Prognosis of PFIC and Effect of biliary Diversion
- NLS, native liver survival
- PFIC2
- PFIC2, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2
- PPTM, predicted protein truncating mutation
- REDCap, Research Electronic Data Capture
- TSB, total serum bilirubin
- UDCA, ursodeoxycholic acid
- compound heterozygosity
- genotype
- interruption of the enterohepatic circulation
- phenotype
- sBAs, serum bile acids
- siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation
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- Antonia Felzen
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric Hepatology & Pediatric Liver Transplant Department, Centre de Référence de l'Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases Génétiques, Filière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l'enfant et de l'adulte, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Saclay, CHU Bicêtre, Paris, France,European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),INSERM, UMR-S 1193, Hepatinov, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Gastorenterology and Hepatology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Pediatric Hepatology & Pediatric Liver Transplant Department, Centre de Référence de l'Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases Génétiques, Filière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l'enfant et de l'adulte, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Saclay, CHU Bicêtre, Paris, France,European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),INSERM, UMR-S 1193, Hepatinov, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- INSERM, UMR-S 1193, Hepatinov, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France,Service de Biochemie, Bicêtre Hôspital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Sud, Paris-Saclay, Inserm UMR-S 1174, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,Alfaisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Liver Unit, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Servizio Di Epatologia e Nutrizione Pediatrica, Fondazione Irccs Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children’s University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Koc University School of Medicine, Pediatric GI and Hepatology Liver Transplantation Center, Kuttam System in Liver Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition Unit, APHP-Necker Enfants Malades University Hospital, Paris, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Gastroenterology-Hepatology-Nutrition Unit, APHP-Necker Enfants Malades University Hospital, Paris, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Previously Coimbra University Hospital Center, Coimbra, Portugal, Now Pediatric Gastroenterology/Hepatology Center Lisbon, Portugal
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Service of Pediatric Hepatology and Transplantation, Children's Hospital La Paz, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Service of Pediatric Hepatology and Transplantation, Children's Hospital La Paz, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia,Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Pediatic Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Città Della Salute e Della Scienza University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Children’s Hospital Tυ¨bingen, University Medical Center Tυ¨bingen, Tυ¨bingen, Germany
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA,Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Child Health and Diseases, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Unit of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Digestive Endoscopy, Hepatology and Care of the Child with Liver Transplantation, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Service de Gastroentérologie, Hépatologie et Nutrition Pédiatriques, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant, Lyon, France
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiologia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- DDC Clinic - Center for Special Needs Children, Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics, Middlefield, OH, USA
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- DDC Clinic - Center for Special Needs Children, Adolescent Medicine and Pediatrics, Middlefield, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brasília Children's Hospital, Brasilia, Brazil
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- INSERM, MMG, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France,Service de Pédiatrie Multidisciplinaire, Timone Enfant, Marseille, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Section of Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of California San Diego, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, CA, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN),Division of General Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Toronto Center for Liver Disease, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada,IHPME, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands,European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER),Corresponding author. Address: Pediatric Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands. Tel.: +31 50 3614147, fax: +31 50 361 1704
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Yilmaz O, Uslu NK, Ozgur T, Guller D, Tumgor G, Usta M, Polat E, Ozkan TB, Baysoy G, Ugras MK, Baygul A, Sackesen C, Arikan C. Turkish Translation, Validation, and Reliability Analysis of Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Severity Module Version 2.0. JPGN Rep 2022; 3:e243. [PMID: 37168477 PMCID: PMC10158415 DOI: 10.1097/pg9.0000000000000243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
Abstract
The Paediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Severity Modules Version 2.0 (T-PEESv2.0) was developed in English as a valid, reliable questionnaire for follow up. This work aimed to develop a Turkish version of T-PEESv2.0 via translation and cultural adaptation and then to test its validation and reliability. Methods The PEESv2.0 was translated into Turkish by standardized procedural steps completed in cooperation with the Mapi Research Trust. The final version of the questionnaire was submitted to eosinophilic oesophagitis patients or their parents at 2 times point separated by 1 week. An age-matched control group was used to test the discriminant validity. Construct validity was tested using the Wilcoxon test, and internal consistency was tested using Cronbach's alpha. Test-retest reliability was measured with Cohen's kappa and intraclass correlation coefficient. Results One hundred twenty-eight participants (70 patients, 58 parents) were enrolled. Fifty-eight (39.1%) of them completed T-PEESv2.0-parent by proxy and 70 (54.7%) were T-PEESv2.0. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability were >0.70 for both questionnaires and for all domain (frequency and severity) and total scores. For discriminant validity analysis, subscale (frequency and domain) and total scores of the patient group were compared with those of the control group. The subscale and total scores were significantly different between the groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion T-PEESv2.0 appeared to be valid and reliable, ready to be introduced as a clinical and research tool for the assessment of patients with eosinophilic oesophagitis.
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- Ozlem Yilmaz
- From the Paediatric Allergy, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, SBÜ Sariyer Hamidiye Etfal EA, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Cukurova University Medical School, Adana, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, SBÜ Sariyer Hamidiye Etfal EA, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, SBÜ Umraniye EA, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- From the Paediatric Allergy, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University Translational Medicine Research Centre, Kuttam, Istanbul, Turkey
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Pape S, Snijders RJALM, Gevers TJG, Chazouilleres O, Dalekos GN, Hirschfield GM, Lenzi M, Trauner M, Manns MP, Vierling JM, Montano-Loza AJ, Lohse AW, Schramm C, Drenth JPH, Heneghan MA, Alvarez F, Andrade R, Arikan C, Assis D, Bardou-Jacquet E, Biewenga M, Cancado E, Cazzagon N, Chazouillères O, Colloredo G, Cuarterolo M, Dalekos G, Debray D, Robles-Díaz M, Drenth J, Dyson J, Efe C, Engel B, Ferri S, Fontana R, Gatselis N, Gerussi A, Halilbasic E, Halliday N, Heneghan M, Hirschfield G, van Hoek B, Hørby Jørgensen M, Indolfini G, Iorio R, Jeong S, Jones D, Kelly D, Kerkar N, Lacaille F, Lammert C, Leggett B, Lenzi M, Levy C, Liberal R, Lleo A, Lohse A, Ines Lopez S, de Martin E, McLin V, Mieli-Vergani G, Milkiewicz P, Mohan N, Muratori L, Nebbia G, van Nieuwkerk C, Oo Y, Ortega A, Páres A, Pop T, Pratt D, Purnak T, Ranucci G, Rushbrook S, Schramm C, Stättermayer A, Swain M, Tanaka A, Taubert R, Terrabuio D, Terziroli B, Trauner M, Valentino P, van den Brand F, Villamil A, Wahlin S, Ytting H, Zachou K, Zeniya M. Systematic review of response criteria and endpoints in autoimmune hepatitis by the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group. J Hepatol 2022; 76:841-849. [PMID: 35066089 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been well characterised and codified through the development of diagnostic criteria. These criteria have been adapted and simplified and are widely used in clinical practice. However, there is a need to update and precisely define the criteria for both treatment response and treatment. METHODS A systematic review was performed and a modified Delphi consensus process was used to identify and redefine the response criteria in autoimmune hepatitis. RESULTS The consensus process initiated by the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group proposes that the term 'complete biochemical response' defined as 'normalization of serum transaminases and IgG below the upper limit of normal' be adopted to include a time point at 6 months after initiation of treatment. An insufficient response by 6 months was a failure to meet the above definition. Non-response was defined as '<50% decrease of serum transaminases within 4 weeks after initiation of treatment'. Remission is defined as liver histology with a Hepatitis Activity Index <4/18. Intolerance to treatment was agreed to stand for 'any adverse event possibly related to treatment leading to potential drug discontinuation'. CONCLUSIONS These definitions provide a simple and reproducible framework to define treatment response and non-response, irrespective of the therapeutic intervention. A consensus on endpoints is urgently required to set a global standard for the reporting of study results and to enable inter-study comparisons. Future prospective database studies are needed to validate these endpoints. LAY SUMMARY Consensus among international experts on response criteria and endpoints in autoimmune hepatitis is lacking. A consensus on endpoints is urgently required to set a global standard for the reporting of study results and to enable the comparison of results between clinical trials. Therefore, the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (IAIHG) herein presents a statement on 5 agreed response criteria and endpoints: complete biochemical response, insufficient response, non-response, remission, and intolerance to treatment, which can be used to guide future reporting.
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- Simon Pape
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht 6229HX, The Netherlands; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Hepatology Department, Reference Center for Inflammatory Biliary Diseases and Autoimmune Hepatitis, Saint-Antoine Hospital Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine, University of Thessaly Medical School, Larissa, Greece
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- Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada
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- 1(st) Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- 1(st) Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Martin Zeitz Centre for Rare Diseases, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER).
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Yuksel M, Demirbaş B, Mizikoğlu Ö, Tütüncü Y, Kanmaz T, Oğuzkurt L, Arikan C. Examining the Hepatic Immune System in Children With Liver Disease With Fine Needle Aspiration. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022; 74:200-207. [PMID: 34732645 DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000003353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Liver biopsy is the standard in diagnosing liver diseases. Yet, it provides little space to perform comprehensive immune profiling of the liver. Hence, we explored whether fine needle aspirates (FNAs) could be used to elucidate the hepatic immunity in children. METHODS We enrolled 74 children undergoing diagnostic (n = 17) or protocol biopsy (n = 57) following liver transplantation (LT). Matched blood and FNAs were obtained. Additionally, explant liver tissue was collected from children (n = 14) undergoing LT. Immune cells were isolated from peripheral blood, FNAs and explanted livers. Immune-phenotypical profiling was done by flow cytometry. RESULTS Biopsied patients (58% female) were at a median age of 46 months (interquartile range [IQR]: 12-118) and LT patients (71% female) were 48 months (IQR: 21-134, P = 0.78) old. CD69+, a hallmark of tissue-resident immune cells was expressed in 1.3% of CD3+ T cells from blood being higher in FNA (20%) and tissue (49%, P < 0.001). CD4+ T-cell frequencies in tissue (13%) and FNAs (20%) were lower compared to blood (35%, P < 0.001) whereas CD8+ T cells in tissue (33.5%) and FNA (32%) were higher than in blood (25%, P < 0.01). Mucosal associated invariant T cells were enriched in liver tissue (8.8%) and in the FNA (4.4%) compared to blood (1.7%, P < 0.001). Whereas the percentage of total Tregs (CD4+CD25+FOXP3+CD127low/-) decreased, the proportion of activated Tregs (CD4+CD45RA-FOXP3high) increased in FNA and explant. Breg (CD19+CD20+CD24highCD38high) frequencies were similar in all groups. CONCLUSION FNA is a practical method to sample the liver immune system collecting even small cell subsets such as regulatory T/B cells.
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- Muhammed Yuksel
- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University Hospital
- Liver Transplantation Centre, Koç University
- Liver Immunology Lab, Koç University Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)
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- Interventional Radiology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University Hospital
- Liver Transplantation Centre, Koç University
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- Liver Immunology Lab, Koç University Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)
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- Interventional Radiology, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University Hospital
- Liver Transplantation Centre, Koç University
- Liver Immunology Lab, Koç University Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)
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Musaoğlu M, Yuksel M, Mizikoglu O, Arikan C. Telemedicine in monitoring pediatric LT patients before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Transplant 2022; 26:e14138. [PMID: 34505750 PMCID: PMC8646366 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The delivery of healthcare services by telemedicine decreases costs of traveling for patients, is less time-consuming, and most importantly permits the connection between highly skilled specialists and patients. However, whether the use of telemedicine (text messaging) for LT patients was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown. METHODS We collected data (following consent from patients and parents) from 57 patients (33 male/24 female) with a median age of 47 (IQR: 9-91) months, whom we followed up with text messaging between September 2019 and September 2020, spanning the 6 months prior to COVID-19 and during this period. RESULTS In total, 723 text message mediated consultations occurred during this period, henceforth simply referred to as "messages." Three hundred and twenty-eight (45%) messages occurred during the 6 months up to the start of the pandemic. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of messages increased to 395 (55%). The three most common reasons of messaging were post-liver-LT follow-up messages (n = 215/723, 29.7%), consultations for drug use (n = 157/723, 21.7%), and medication prescriptions (n = 113/723, 15.6%). Protocol biopsy discussions (n = 33/723, 4.6%) and fever (n = 27/723, 3.7%) were among others (vaccination, rash, diarrhea, cough, fatigue, acne). During the COVID-19 outbreak, only post-LT follow-up messages increased significantly to 132/395 (33%) from 83/328 (25%) (p-value: .02). CONCLUSIONS We found that the pandemic resulted in an increase in the total number of text message mediated consultations and specifically for the use of post-LT follow-up. Messaging was effective for post-LT follow-ups and all patients were at least satisfied.
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- Mirac Musaoğlu
- Koç UniversityPediatric Gastroenterology‐Hepatology/Liver Transplantation CenterIstanbulTurkey
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- Koç UniversityPediatric Gastroenterology‐Hepatology/Liver Transplantation CenterIstanbulTurkey,Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)‐Liver Immunology LabIstanbulTurkey
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- Koç UniversityPediatric Gastroenterology‐Hepatology/Liver Transplantation CenterIstanbulTurkey
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- Koç UniversityPediatric Gastroenterology‐Hepatology/Liver Transplantation CenterIstanbulTurkey,Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)‐Liver Immunology LabIstanbulTurkey
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Yuksel M, Akturk H, Mizikoglu O, Toroslu E, Arikan C. A single-center report of COVID-19 disease course and management in liver transplanted pediatric patients. Pediatr Transplant 2021; 25:e14061. [PMID: 34076953 PMCID: PMC8237072 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND In 2019, SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19 emerged. Severe COVID-19 symptoms may evolve by virtue of hyperactivation of the immune system. Equally, immunocompromised patients may be at increased risk to develop COVID-19. However, treatment guidelines for children following liver transplantation are elusive. METHODS As a liver transplantation center, we diagnosed and followed up 10 children (male/female: 8/2) with a median age of 8.5 years (IQR: 5.2-11.0), with COVID-19 post-liver transplant between March 2019 and December 2020. COVID-19 diagnosis was based on PCR test and or florid X-ray findings compatible with COVID-19 in the absence of other cause. We retrospectively collected clinical and laboratory data from electronic patient records following written consent from patients/parents. RESULTS Nine patients were diagnosed as definitive (PCR positive) with one patient being diagnosed as probable COVID-19. Seven patients recovered without any support whereas three were admitted for non-invasive oxygenation. Lymphopenia and/or high levels of serum IL-6 were detected in four patients. Six patients mounted anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at median 30 days (IQR: 26.5-119.0) following COVID-19 diagnosis. Antibiotic therapy, favipiravir, anakinra, and IVIG were used as treatment in 4,1,1 and 2 patients, respectively. Furthermore, we kept the tacrolimus with or without everolimus but stopped MMF in 2 patients. Importantly, liver allograft function was retained in all patients. CONCLUSIONS We found that being immunocompromised did not affect disease severity nor survival. Stopping MMF yet continuing with tacrolimus was an apt treatment modality in these patients.
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- Muhammed Yuksel
- Pediatric Gastroenterology‐HepatologyLiver Transplantation CenterKoç University HospitalIstanbulTurkey,Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)‐Liver Immunology LabIstanbulTurkey
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- Koç University Pediatric infectious diseasesIstanbulTurkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology‐HepatologyLiver Transplantation CenterKoç University HospitalIstanbulTurkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology‐HepatologyLiver Transplantation CenterKoç University HospitalIstanbulTurkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology‐HepatologyLiver Transplantation CenterKoç University HospitalIstanbulTurkey,Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)‐Liver Immunology LabIstanbulTurkey
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Yuksel M, Demir B, Mizikoğlu Ö, Akyildiz M, Baygul A, Arikan C. Course of vitamin D levels before and after liver transplantation in pediatric patients. Pediatr Transplant 2021; 25:e14049. [PMID: 34076935 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND 25-hydroxy VD insufficiency is known in children undergoing LT but the serial post-transplant VD course and supplementation modalities in the peri-transplant period are lacking. We aimed to determine the pre-VD status and the post-transplant VD status course following VD supplementation and to elucidate its relationship with post-transplant outcome parameters such as infection and survival. METHODS Pre- and post-VD levels were monitored in parallel with interventions to adjust VD levels in LT patients. VD status was categorized as circulating levels <30-21 ng/ml (insufficiency), 20-10 ng/ml (deficiency), and <10 ng/ml (severe deficiency). Patients received stoss (300000IU) VD3 within the pretransplant period if serum levels were <20 ng/ml. RESULTS 135 transplanted children were included. The age at LT was 22 months (IQR: 8-60). The pretransplant median VD level was 14 ng/ml. Despite stoss dose, post-transplant median VD level was 1.8 ng/ml (day one), 4 ng/ml (week one), 19 ng/ml (month one), 33 ng/ml (month three), 38 ng/ml (months 6-12), and 40 ng/ml (month 24). After 6 months, VD status reached >30 ng/ml in 98% of patients. Only at pre-LT, higher infection rate (18.7%) in the severe VD deficiency group was observed compared to the VD deficiency group (2.9%, p = .04). Survival was not affected by serum VD levels. CONCLUSION VD levels fell substantially after LT but are rectifiable by stoss dose, which was well tolerated. Only the infection rate was associated with the VD status.
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- Muhammed Yuksel
- Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Transplantation Center, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Immunology Lab, Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Transplantation Center, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Transplantation Center, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Liver Transplantation Center, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- School of Medicine, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Transplantation Center, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Liver Immunology Lab, Koç University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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Nazmi F, Ozdogan E, Mungan NO, Arikan C. Liver involvement in neuroblastoma amplified sequence gene deficiency is not limited to acute injury: Fibrosis silently continues. Liver Int 2021; 41:2433-2439. [PMID: 34396667 DOI: 10.1111/liv.15038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Biallelic mutations in neuroblastoma amplified sequence gene (NBAS) is a rare disease which is characterized by recurrent liver failure (RALF). We reported the novel mutations, clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of 5 patients with novel biallelic NBAS variants. Four patients (80%) had acute, episodic liver crises (LC) triggered by fever, with a median age of onset of 8.5 months. The median age in the last episode was 34 months. Median number of liver episodes was 4. The course of ALF was complicated by hepatic encephalopathy and hypoglycaemia in all patients with ALF. Two patients recovered with conservative treatment, 2 required liver transplantation (LT) and 1 died during the fourth episode. Long-term post-transplant follow-up showed normal liver function and histology. There is no hepatic or extrahepatic recurrence after LT. Non-transplanted patients exhibited fibrosis in either biopsy or elastography. Despite a reduction in the frequency of clinically significant episodes, patients may exhibit ongoing liver injury and fibrosis. An acute on chronic liver failure with predominant cholestasis can be an alternative presentation.
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- Farinaz Nazmi
- Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yuksel M, Armutlu A, Nazmi F, Ceylaner S, Arikan C. A novel insight into the pathophysiology of autoimmune hepatitis: An immune activator mutation in the FLT3 receptor. Hepatol Forum 2021; 2:112-116. [PMID: 35784907 PMCID: PMC9138941 DOI: 10.14744/hf.2021.2021.0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic progressive autoimmune liver disease characterized by hypergammaglobulinemia, interface hepatitis, a female preponderance, and the presence of autoantibodies in most patients. The presence of HLA-DR3/DR4 and functional impairment in regulatory T cells are associated with AIH. However, AIH is a multifactorial complex disease. This report is a description of a case of seronegative AIH in a girl with chronic hepatitis, a high immunoglobulin E (IgE) level, perforating nodular dermatitis, and sheer eosinophilia. To re-evaluate the diagnosis, whole exon sequencing was performed. It was determined that the patient had ancestral haplotype A1-B8-DR3, which is associated with autoimmunity. Importantly, it was also noted that an undocumented point mutation (Ala627Thr) of the FMS-like tyrosine 3 kinase (FLT3) receptor was present. This FLT3 receptor gain-of-function mutation is associated with the activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), and dendritic cell activation. In addition, a loss-of-function mutation in the melanocortin-3 receptor gene, which inhibits interleukin 4, was detected. The constellation of these immune deregulatory factors may have propagated auto-aggression of the liver, causing chronic hepatitis with AIH features. The findings of seronegativity with eosinophilia and a high IgE level led us to hypothesize that the pathognomonic mechanism in this case was unlike that of classic AIH pathophysiology. Since mTOR is constitutively activated, mTOR inhibitors may be a useful option to treat AIH and dermatitis.
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- Muhammed Yuksel
- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology/Liver Transplantation Centre, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)-Liver Immunology Laboratory, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology/Liver Transplantation Centre, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)-Liver Immunology Laboratory, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Intergen Diagnostic Centre for Genetic Disorders, Ankara, Turkey
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology-Hepatology/Liver Transplantation Centre, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Research Centre for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM)-Liver Immunology Laboratory, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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van Wessel DB, Thompson RJ, Gonzales E, Jankowska I, Shneider BL, Sokal E, Grammatikopoulos T, Kadaristiana A, Jacquemin E, Spraul A, Lipiński P, Czubkowski P, Rock N, Shagrani M, Broering D, Algoufi T, Mazhar N, Nicastro E, Kelly D, Nebbia G, Arnell H, Fischler B, Hulscher JB, Serranti D, Arikan C, Debray D, Lacaille F, Goncalves C, Hierro L, Muñoz Bartolo G, Mozer‐Glassberg Y, Azaz A, Brecelj J, Dezsőfi A, Luigi Calvo P, Krebs‐Schmitt D, Hartleif S, van der Woerd WL, Wang J, Li L, Durmaz Ö, Kerkar N, Hørby Jørgensen M, Fischer R, Jimenez‐Rivera C, Alam S, Cananzi M, Laverdure N, Targa Ferreira C, Ordonez F, Wang H, Sency V, Mo Kim K, Chen H, Carvalho E, Fabre A, Quintero Bernabeu J, Alonso EM, Sokol RJ, Suchy FJ, Loomes KM, McKiernan PJ, Rosenthal P, Turmelle Y, Rao GS, Horslen S, Kamath BM, Rogalidou M, Karnsakul WW, Hansen B, Verkade HJ. Impact of Genotype, Serum Bile Acids, and Surgical Biliary Diversion on Native Liver Survival in FIC1 Deficiency. Hepatology 2021; 74:892-906. [PMID: 33666275 PMCID: PMC8456904 DOI: 10.1002/hep.31787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Mutations in ATPase phospholipid transporting 8B1 (ATP8B1) can lead to familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (FIC1) deficiency, or progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1. The rarity of FIC1 deficiency has largely prevented a detailed analysis of its natural history, effects of predicted protein truncating mutations (PPTMs), and possible associations of serum bile acid (sBA) concentrations and surgical biliary diversion (SBD) with long-term outcome. We aimed to provide insights by using the largest genetically defined cohort of patients with FIC1 deficiency to date. APPROACH AND RESULTS This multicenter, combined retrospective and prospective study included 130 patients with compound heterozygous or homozygous predicted pathogenic ATP8B1 variants. Patients were categorized according to the number of PPTMs (i.e., splice site, frameshift due to deletion or insertion, nonsense, duplication), FIC1-A (n = 67; no PPTMs), FIC1-B (n = 29; one PPTM), or FIC1-C (n = 34; two PPTMs). Survival analysis showed an overall native liver survival (NLS) of 44% at age 18 years. NLS was comparable among FIC1-A, FIC1-B, and FIC1-C (% NLS at age 10 years: 67%, 41%, and 59%, respectively; P = 0.12), despite FIC1-C undergoing SBD less often (% SBD at age 10 years: 65%, 57%, and 45%, respectively; P = 0.03). sBAs at presentation were negatively associated with NLS (NLS at age 10 years, sBAs < 194 µmol/L: 49% vs. sBAs ≥ 194 µmol/L: 15%; P = 0.03). SBD decreased sBAs (230 [125-282] to 74 [11-177] μmol/L; P = 0.005). SBD (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.28-1.03, P = 0.06) and post-SBD sBA concentrations < 65 μmol/L (P = 0.05) tended to be associated with improved NLS. CONCLUSIONS Less than half of patients with FIC1 deficiency reach adulthood with native liver. The number of PPTMs did not associate with the natural history or prognosis of FIC1 deficiency. sBA concentrations at initial presentation and after SBD provide limited prognostic information on long-term NLS.
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- Daan B.E. van Wessel
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenthe Netherlands
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- Pediatric Hepatology & Pediatric Liver Transplant DepartmentCentre de Référence de l’Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases GénétiquesFilière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l’enfant et de l’adulteEuropean Reference Network RARE‐LIVERAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisFaculté de Médecine Paris‐SaclayCHU BicêtreParisFrance
- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatricsthe Children’s Memorial Health InstituteWarsawPoland
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and NutritionDepartment of PediatricsBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTXUSA
- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Cliniques St. LucUniversité Catholique de LouvainBrusselsBelgium
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- Pediatric Hepatology & Pediatric Liver Transplant DepartmentCentre de Référence de l’Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases GénétiquesFilière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l’enfant et de l’adulteEuropean Reference Network RARE‐LIVERAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisFaculté de Médecine Paris‐SaclayCHU BicêtreParisFrance
- INSERMUMR‐S 1193Université Paris‐SaclayOrsayFrance
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- INSERMUMR‐S 1193Université Paris‐SaclayOrsayFrance
- Biochemistry UnitCentre de Référence de l’Atrésie des Voies Biliaires et des Cholestases GénétiquesFilière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l’enfant et de l’adulteEuropean Reference Network RARE‐LIVERAssistance Publique‐Hôpitaux de ParisFaculté de Médecine Paris‐SaclayCHU BicêtreParisFrance
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatricsthe Children’s Memorial Health InstituteWarsawPoland
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatricsthe Children’s Memorial Health InstituteWarsawPoland
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- Cliniques St. LucUniversité Catholique de LouvainBrusselsBelgium
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- Department of Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary‐Pancreatic SurgeryKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CenterRiyadhSaudi Arabia
- College of MedicineAlfaisal UniversityRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary‐Pancreatic SurgeryKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CenterRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary‐Pancreatic SurgeryKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CenterRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary‐Pancreatic SurgeryKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research CenterRiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and TransplantationOspedale Papa Giovanni XXIIIBergamoItaly
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Liver UnitBirmingham Women’s and Children’s HospitalUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUnited Kingdom
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- Servizio Di Epatologia e Nutrizione PediatricaFondazione Irccs Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoMilanoItaly
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Digestive DiseasesAstrid Lindgren Children’s HospitalCLINTECKarolinska InstitutetKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Digestive DiseasesAstrid Lindgren Children’s HospitalCLINTECKarolinska InstitutetKarolinska University HospitalStockholmSweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric SurgeryUniversity Medical Center GroningenGroningenthe Netherlands
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- Pediatric and Liver UnitMeyer Children’s University Hospital of FlorenceFlorenceItaly
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- Pediatric GI and Hepatology Liver Transplantation CenterKuttam System in Liver MedicineKoc University School of MedicineIstanbulTurkey
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- Pediatric Hepatology unit, Reference Center for Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestatic DiseasesFilière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l’enfant et de l’adulteEuropean Reference Network RARE‐LIVERAPHP‐Neckler Enfants Malades University HospitalFaculté de Médecine Paris‐CentreParisFrance
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- Pediatric Hepatology unit, Reference Center for Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestatic DiseasesFilière de Santé des Maladies Rares du Foie de l’enfant et de l’adulteEuropean Reference Network RARE‐LIVERAPHP‐Neckler Enfants Malades University HospitalFaculté de Médecine Paris‐CentreParisFrance
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Coimbra University Hospital CenterCoimbraPortugal
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Liver ServiceLa Paz University HospitalMadridSpain
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Liver ServiceLa Paz University HospitalMadridSpain
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver DiseasesSchneider Children’s Medical Center of IsraelPetach TikvahIsrael
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- Sheikh Khalifa Medical CityAbu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionUniversity Children’s Hospital LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
- Department of PediatricsFaculty of MedicineUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljanaSlovenia
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- First Department of PediatricsSemmelweis UniversityBudapestHungary
| | - Pier Luigi Calvo
- Pediatic Gastroenterology UnitRegina Margherita Children’s HospitalAzienda Ospedaliera Città Della Salute e Della Scienza University HospitalTorinoItaly
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- University Children’s Hospital TϋbingenTϋbingenGermany
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionWilhelmina Children’s HospitalUniversity Medical Center UtrechtUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Children’s Hospital of Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Children’s Hospital of Fudan UniversityShanghaiChina
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- Istanbul Faculty of MedicineIstanbul UniversityIstanbulTurkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionUniversity of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNYUSA
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric and Adolescent DepartmentDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineRigshospitalet Copenhagen University HospitalCopenhagenDenmark
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- Section of Hepatology and Transplant MedicineChildren’s Mercy HospitalKansas CityMOUSA
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- Department of PediatricsChildren’s Hospital of Eastern OntarioUniversity of OttawaOttawaCanada
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- Pediatric HepatologyInstitute of Liver and Biliary SciencesNew DelhiIndia
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity Hospital of PadovaPadovaItaly
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Service de Gastroentérologie, Hépatologie et Nutrition PédiatriquesHospices Civils de LyonHôpital Femme Mère EnfantLyonFrance
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- Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de CardiologiaPediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyBogotáColombia
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- DDC Clinic Center for Special Needs ChildrenMiddlefieldOHUSA
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- DDC Clinic Center for Special Needs ChildrenMiddlefieldOHUSA
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- Department of PediatricsAsan Medical Center Children’s HospitalSeoulSouth Korea
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionNational Taiwan University Children’s HospitalTaipeiTaiwan
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyBrasília Children’s HospitalBrasiliaBrazil
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- INSERMMMGAix Marseille UniversityMarseilleFrance
- Serveice de Pédiatrie MultidisciplinaireTimone EnfantMarseilleFrance
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
- Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant UnitBarcelonaSpain
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s HospitalChicagoILUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionDepartment of PediatricsChildren’s Hospital ColoradoUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAuroraCOUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMount Sinai Kravis Children’s HospitalNew YorkNYUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and NutritionChildren’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaPAUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of PittsburghPittsburghPAUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Department of Pediatrics and SurgeryUCSF Benioff Children’s HospitalUniversity of California San Francisco School of MedicineSan FranciscoCAUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Section of HepatologyDepartment of PediatricsSt. Louis Children’s HospitalWashington University School of MedicineSt. LouisMOUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Riley Hospital for ChildrenIndiana University School of MedicineIndianapolisINUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- Department of PediatricsSeattle Children’s HospitalUniversity of WashingtonSeattleWAUSA
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- Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)
- The Hospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology & HepatologyFirst Pediatrics DepartmentUniversity of AthensAgia Sofia Children’s HospitalAthensGreece
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition, and HepatologyDepartment of PediatricsJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Toronto Center for Liver DiseaseUniversity Health NetworkTorontoCanada
- IHPMEUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity Medical Center GroningenUniversity of GroningenGroningenthe Netherlands
- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases
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Arikan C, Erbey F, Ozdogan E, Akyildiz M. Posttransplant Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Liver Transpl 2021; 27:1061-1065. [PMID: 33222418 DOI: 10.1002/lt.25951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Istanbul, Turkey.,Research Center for Translational Medicine (Koc Universitesi Translasyonel Tıp Araştırma Merkezi), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Departments of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Istanbul, Turkey.,Research Center for Translational Medicine (Koc Universitesi Translasyonel Tıp Araştırma Merkezi), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Tumgor G, Midilli R, Doganavsargil B, Ozgenc F, Arikan C, Kirazli T, Yagci RV. Gastroesophageal reflux with children requiring adenotonsillectomy. Minerva Pediatr (Torino) 2021; 73:256-262. [PMID: 34047149 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-5276.17.04354-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Our aim is to determine the incidence of reflux in children older than 3 years requiring adenotonsillectomy and relationship between GER and diagnostic tests. METHODS Forty-four patients, who were listed for adenoidectomy/tonsillectomy at Pediatric Ear Nose Throat department due to severe hypertrophy, were evaluated for accompanying GER (Group 1). GER was diagnosed as having at least one positive GER test result (including esophagitis or pH monitoring). Twenty children without reflux symptoms were used as healthy control group (Group 2) and LPR was held. RESULTS Reflux was detected in 32 children requiring adenotonsillectomy (72.7%). LPR score was negative in all patients in Group 2. There was no correlation between pH monitoring and histopathological evaluation of esophagus. There was a correlation between the LPR score and histological esophagitis in the proximal esophagus. CONCLUSIONS GER was high in patients with adenotonsillary hypertrophy. LPR score and the history of patients are as effective as invasive techniques like pH monitorization and endoscopy in determining GER disease.
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- Gokhan Tumgor
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey -
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- Department of Ear Nose and Throat, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
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Ozler O, Brunner-Véber A, Fatih P, Müller T, Janecke AR, Arikan C. Long-Term Follow-Up of Tufting Enteropathy Caused by EPCAM Mutation p.Asp253Asn and Absent EPCAM Expression. JPGN Rep 2021; 2:e029. [PMID: 37206930 PMCID: PMC10191536 DOI: 10.1097/pg9.0000000000000029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Tufting enteropathy (TE) is caused by recessive epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM) mutations, features congenital intractable diarrhea, growth retardation, and a characteristic disorganization of surface enterocytes. TE generally requires parenteral nutrition (PN) throughout childhood and into adulthood or a small bowel transplantation. We report 2 siblings with TE; a 3-year-old patient 1 intermittently receives partial PN, monthly somatostatin therapy, tolerates a normal diet and has a normal stool output. However, she is the sixth patient of 90 TE patients in literature, to develop a chronic arthritis. A 12-year-old patient 2 is on a normal diet, and did not require PN for the past 8 years. Duodenal biopsies showed characteristic tufts, and a complete lack of EPCAM staining. Both siblings were homozygous for EPCAM mutation c.757G>A (p.Asp253Asn). This observation shows that an overall favorable outcome can be obtained in TE, even with abrogated intestinal EPCAM expression.
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- Oğuz Ozler
- From the Koc University School of Medicine, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Koc University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institut für Pathologie, Neuropathologie und Molekularpathologie, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- From the Koc University School of Medicine, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Koc University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Division of Human Genetics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- From the Koc University School of Medicine, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Koc University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Istanbul, Turkey
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Arikan C, Yilmaz O, Yenidogan I, Uslu Kizilkan N, Aslan F. Sudden Chest Pain Due to Esophageal Intramural Dissection: First Manifestation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Teenager. JPGN Rep 2021; 2:e037. [PMID: 37206937 PMCID: PMC10191509 DOI: 10.1097/pg9.0000000000000037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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- Cigdem Arikan
- From the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Koc University Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatrics, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- From the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Gastroenterology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ozdogan E, Caglayan LD, Mizikoglu O, Arikan C. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding as the First Presentation of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease. JPGN Rep 2020; 1:e017. [PMID: 37206599 PMCID: PMC10191568 DOI: 10.1097/pg9.0000000000000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Gastrointestinal bleeding is a rare but potentially life-threatening manifestation of eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs). Here, we describe a case series comprising 5 pediatric patients between 7 and 12 years of age, who presented to the emergency department with hematemesis and were subsequently diagnosed with EGID. Accompanying allergic history, peripheral eosinophilia, and total IgE elevation were common. Despite a more severe presentation, response to medical and dietary therapy was favorable. A comprehensive review of the literature revealed 26 other cases with similar findings that reinforced the importance of prompt recognition and early dietary and immunomodulating therapy in the control of this disease.
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- Elif Ozdogan
- From the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Organ Transplantation Center, Liver Transplantation, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- From the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Organ Transplantation Center, Liver Transplantation, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
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van Wessel DBE, Thompson RJ, Gonzales E, Jankowska I, Sokal E, Grammatikopoulos T, Kadaristiana A, Jacquemin E, Spraul A, Lipiński P, Czubkowski P, Rock N, Shagrani M, Broering D, Algoufi T, Mazhar N, Nicastro E, Kelly DA, Nebbia G, Arnell H, Björn Fischler, Hulscher JBF, Serranti D, Arikan C, Polat E, Debray D, Lacaille F, Goncalves C, Hierro L, Muñoz Bartolo G, Mozer-Glassberg Y, Azaz A, Brecelj J, Dezsőfi A, Calvo PL, Grabhorn E, Sturm E, van der Woerd WJ, Kamath BM, Wang JS, Li L, Durmaz Ö, Onal Z, Bunt TMG, Hansen BE, Verkade HJ. Genotype correlates with the natural history of severe bile salt export pump deficiency. J Hepatol 2020; 73:84-93. [PMID: 32087350 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2020.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Mutations in ABCB11 can cause deficiency of the bile salt export pump (BSEP), leading to cholestasis and end-stage liver disease. Owing to the rarity of the disease, the associations between genotype and natural history, or outcomes following surgical biliary diversion (SBD), remain elusive. We aimed to determine these associations by assembling the largest genetically defined cohort of patients with severe BSEP deficiency to date. METHODS This multicentre, retrospective cohort study included 264 patients with homozygous or compound heterozygous pathological ABCB11 mutations. Patients were categorized according to genotypic severity (BSEP1, BSEP2, BSEP3). The predicted residual BSEP transport function decreased with each category. RESULTS Genotype severity was strongly associated with native liver survival (NLS, BSEP1 median 20.4 years; BSEP2, 7.0 years; BSEP3, 3.5 years; p <0.001). At 15 years of age, the proportion of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma was 4% in BSEP1, 7% in BSEP2 and 34% in BSEP3 (p = 0.001). SBD was associated with significantly increased NLS (hazard ratio 0.50; 95% CI 0.27-0.94: p = 0.03) in BSEP1 and BSEP2. A serum bile acid concentration below 102 μmol/L or a decrease of at least 75%, each shortly after SBD, reliably predicted NLS of ≥15 years following SBD (each p <0.001). CONCLUSIONS The genotype of severe BSEP deficiency strongly predicts long-term NLS, the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma, and the chance that SBD will increase NLS. Serum bile acid parameters shortly after SBD can predict long-term NLS. LAY SUMMARY This study presents data from the largest genetically defined cohort of patients with severe bile salt export pump deficiency to date. The genotype of patients with severe bile salt export pump deficiency is associated with clinical outcomes and the success of therapeutic interventions. Therefore, genotypic data should be used to guide personalized clinical care throughout childhood and adulthood in patients with this disease.
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- Daan B E van Wessel
- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Service d'Hépatologie et de Transplantation Hépatique Pédiatriques, Bicêtre Hôspital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Sud, Paris Saclay, Inserm UMR-S 1174, France; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER)
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Paediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Université; Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Service d'Hépatologie et de Transplantation Hépatique Pédiatriques, Bicêtre Hôspital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Sud, Paris Saclay, Inserm UMR-S 1174, France
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- Service de Biochemie, Bicêtre Hôspital, AP-HP, Université Paris-Sud, Paris Saclay, Inserm UMR-S 1174, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Paediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Paediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Université; Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques St Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Alfaisal University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Liver & SB Transplant & Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Transplantation, Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Liver Unit, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Servizio Di Epatologia e Nutrizione Pediatrica, Fondazione Irccs Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Pediatric Digestive Diseases, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Pediatric Digestive Diseases, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Paediatric Surgery, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Paediatric and Liver Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital of Florence
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- Koc University School of Medicine, Paediatric GI and Hepatology Liver Transplantation Centre, Kuttam System in Liver Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Hospital Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Unité; d'hépatologie Pédiatrique et Transplantation, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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- Unité; d'hépatologie Pédiatrique et Transplantation, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Coimbra University Hospital Center, Coimbra, Portugal
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Pediatric Liver Service, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); Pediatric Liver Service, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel
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- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, and Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- 1st Department of Paediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Pediatic Gastroenterology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Città Della Salute e Della Scienza University Hospital, Torino, Italy
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- Klinik Für Kinder- Und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER); University Children's Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network, Canada; IHPME, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; European Reference Network on Hepatological Diseases (ERN RARE-LIVER).
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Polat KY, Acar S, Gencdal G, Yazar S, Kargi A, Donmez R, Aslan S, Kavlak ME, Arikan C, Akyildiz M. Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Experience. Transplant Proc 2020; 52:259-264. [PMID: 31911056 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Acar S, Kavlak ME, Demir B, Ozkan P, Polat KY, Akyildiz M, Arikan C. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Five-Year-Old Child: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:2495-2497. [PMID: 31351771 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.01.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neuroradiologic syndrome. The etiology of PRES is still unclear. Some factors were described. We present a case of a pediatric patient with liver transplant who developed PRES following blood transfusion while receiving tacrolimus therapy. A 5½-year-old boy who underwent living donor liver transplantation, and PRES developed on the sixth day post transplant under tacrolimus treatment after 6 hours of red blood transfusion. PRES is a rare condition; it should be kept in mind about patients who have received organ transplants and develop sudden neurologic symptoms.
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- Sencan Acar
- Department of Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant Center, Sakarya University School of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Organ Transplant Center, Memorial Atasehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Family Practice and Organ Transplant Center, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Atasehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of General Surgery and Organ Transplant Center, Memorial Atasehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant Center, Memorial Atasehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Organ Transplant Center, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yesilbas O, Sevketoglu E, Petmezci MT, Kihtir HS, Benzer M, Arikan C, Berdeli A, Baloglu H, Baskan O. Infant onset severe complement-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome complicated by secondary sclerosing cholangitis. J Clin Apher 2018; 33:619-623. [PMID: 30168181 DOI: 10.1002/jca.21651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Osman Yesilbas
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Health Sciences, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Memorial Health Group, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Molecular Medicine Laboratory and Stem Cell Department of Health Science Institute, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Anadolu Medical Center, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Health Group, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yilmaz C, Onen Z, Farajov R, Duygu OS, Doganay L, Yuksel A, Alper M, Zeytunlu M, Arikan C, Kilic M. Live donor liver transplantation for a child presented with severe hepatopulmonary syndrome and nodular liver lesions due to Abernethy malformation. Pediatr Transplant 2017; 21. [PMID: 28078819 DOI: 10.1111/petr.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 15-year-old boy first presented with severe lung lesions and hypoxia and he was considered as a lung transplant candidate. Upon evaluation, hepatopulmonary syndrome, multiple nodular liver lesions, and Abernethy type 1b malformation were diagnosed. The patient underwent successful right lobe live donor liver transplantation, and all of the symptoms disappeared soon after the transplant. He is currently alive and well with excellent liver and lung functions 4 years after surgery.
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- Cahit Yilmaz
- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Radiology, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Liver Transplantation, Kent Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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Baran M, Cakir M, Unal F, Tumgor G, Yuksekkaya HA, Arikan C, Kilic M, Aydogdu S. Evaluation of growth after liver transplantation in Turkish children. Dig Dis Sci 2011; 56:3343-9. [PMID: 21562786 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1727-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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AIMS Currently, the main interest in childhood liver transplantation (LT) is to prevent long-term complications and optimize growth. The aim of this study is to analyze (1) nutritional status in the pretransplantation period, and (2) posttransplantation growth and associated factors in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eighty children were included in the study. Height (Z (H)) and weight (Z (W)) Z scores were calculated before transplantation and postoperatively at the 6th month and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th year. RESULTS Patients' Z (H) and Z (W) scores at LT were -1.6 ± 1.3 and -1.5 ± 1.4, respectively. Both Z (H) and Z (W) scores increased after LT, especially in the first 6 months, and then continued to rise gradually. Both reached beyond -1 Z score at 2nd year and -0.5 at 4th year. Age, primary diagnosis, total steroid dose (<1,000 mg), and absence of rejection episodes had positive impact on posttransplantation growth, whereas gender, immunosuppression type, surgical complications, and presence of tumor had no impact on posttransplantation growth. Age at time of LT was negatively correlated with Z (W) score at 5th year (P = 0.02, r = -0.43). Both Z (W) and Z (H) scores at time of LT were positively correlated with Z (W) and Z (H) scores and negatively correlated with ∆Z (W) and ∆Z (H) scores at 5th year. CONCLUSIONS LT is not only a modern, life-saving treatment technique but also an efficient method of facilitating growth, an indispensable component of childhood and the best indicator of health.
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- Masallah Baran
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Yuksekkaya HA, Arikan C, Tumgor G, Aksoylar S, Kilic M, Aydogdu S. Late-onset graft-versus-host disease after pediatric living-related liver transplantation for Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Pediatr Transplant 2011; 15:E105-9. [PMID: 21884342 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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GVHD is the most common and well-known cause of morbidity and mortality following allogeneic BM transplantation. The GVHD following OLT is an uncommon complication but has a high mortality and poses a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We herein discussed a 12-month-old girl with multi-system LCH, who developed end-stage liver disease despite intensive chemotherapy. She underwent ABO-compatible liver transplantation at 28 months while in remission from LCH. The donor was her 26-yr-old father. Post-operative course was uneventful. The GVHD manifested with skin rash and BM suppression on post-transplant day 94 and confirmed by both microchimerism and skin biopsy. Prednisolone, basiliximab, and ATG were administered immediately but the bone marrow suppression was not improved and the patient died because of Candida sepsis at six-month post-transplant. GVHD after OLT should be keep in mind in patients with rash and BM suppression after liver transplantation. In LDLT, a patient who carries risk factors should investigated for optimal HLA matching.
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- Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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Kazimi M, Ibis C, Alper I, Ulas M, Baran M, Arikan C, Aydogdu S, Ulukaya S, Zeytunlu M, Kilic M. Right-sided diaphragmatic hernia after orthotopic liver transplantation: report of two cases. Pediatr Transplant 2010; 14:e62-4. [PMID: 19344340 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Diaphragmatic hernia after OLT is a rare surgical complication. We here report successful diagnosis and treatment of two cases with right-sided diaphragmatic hernia developed after OLT both utilizing left-sided allografts. Combination of factors related to the surgical techniques and patient characteristics might explain the pathophysiology behind the diaphragmatic hernias following liver transplantation. Respiratory as well as non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms may be hints for an overlooked diaphragmatic hernia after liver transplantation. Diaphragmatic hernia should be added to the list of potential complications of liver transplantation for prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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- M Kazimi
- Ege University Organ Transplantation Center, Izmir, Turkey
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Cakir M, Arikan C, Akman SA, Baran M, Saz EU, Yagci RV, Zeytunlu M, Kilic M, Aydogdu S, Aydogdu S. Infectious complications in pediatric liver transplantation candidates. Pediatr Transplant 2010; 14:82-6. [PMID: 19490485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01136.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We analyzed infections that occurred within one month prior to LT, identified factors associated with their occurrence and effect of infections on post-transplant mortality. The study group included 40 consecutive children who underwent LT. Sites and types of infection and culture results were recorded prospectively. IID was assessed. Risk factors for the infectious events were analyzed. Forty infection episodes were found in 24 patients (60%); 90% were bacterial, 7.5% fungal, and 2.5% viral. Overall, IID was 38.2 per 1000 patient days. Sites of bacterial infection were urinary tract in 13 events (36.1%) and blood stream in 11 events (30.5%). Bacteremia (culture positive infection episodes) was identified in 19 events (52.7%). Gram-negative isolates were twice as frequent as Gram-positive infections (63.1% vs. 36.9%). Risk factors for the infectious complications were young age, low body weight, prior abdominal surgery, chronic liver disease related to biliary problems, presence of ascites, portal hypertension and cirrhosis, and high PELD score (p < 0.05 for all). Infectious complications in pediatric LT candidates are common. Preventive measures are important not only to reduce the infectious complications but also to prevent the post-operative mortality.
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- Murat Cakir
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Akman SA, Cakir M, Baran M, Arikan C, Yuksekkaya HA, Tumgor G, Saz EU, Zeytunlu M, Kilic M, Aydogdu S, Aydogdu S. Liver transplantation for acute liver failure due to toxic agent ingestion in children. Pediatr Transplant 2009; 13:1034-40. [PMID: 19210266 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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ALF is characterized by sudden onset, impaired liver function, jaundice and encephalopathy, without previous liver disease. We analyzed the patients who underwent LT due to toxic agent induced ALF to raise community awareness about preventing the toxic agent induced ALF. Five children (three boys, two girls) underwent LT due to toxic agent ingestion. Toxic agents were mushroom poisoning (n = 2), Datura stramonium (n = 1), yellow phosphorous (n = 1) and INH (n = 1). On admission, one patient had stage IV, two had stage III and two had stage II hepatic encephalopathy but worsened during the follow-up. One patient had renal failure, and three patients required mechanical ventilation. Three patients underwent LRLT and others from a DD. Post-operative complications were managed by supportive managements successfully, and overall all the patients are alive (100% survival) without any organ sequelae. Although outcome of these patients are excellent, ALF may be prevented in these cases by educating the public about consuming mushrooms and toxic effects of wild plants, prohibiting fireworks and serial liver enzyme measurements after initiating INH.
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- Sezin Asik Akman
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Cakir M, Ozgenc F, Baran M, Arikan C, Sezak M, Tuncyurek M, Ergun O, Yagci RV. A rare cause of refractory ascites in a child: familial Mediterranean fever. Rheumatol Int 2009; 30:531-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0957-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yuksekkaya HA, Arikan C, Yazici A, Baran M, Aydogdu S, Kilic M. Successful treatment of a child having generalized Kaposi's sarcoma after living donor liver transplantation with conversion to sirolimus. Pediatr Transplant 2009; 13:375-8. [PMID: 18452496 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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SRL is a new and potent immunosuppressive agent that has been successfully introduced in organ transplantation. In contrast to other immunosuppressive agents, SRL has a potent antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo. Herein, we report a child with Kaposi's sarcoma that was diagnosed 30 months after LDLT and treated successfully with only conversion to SRL monotherapy. KS regressed completely at the end of the first month and remained in remission during 28 months follow-up.
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- Hasan A Yuksekkaya
- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Arikan C, Kilic M, Tumgor G, Levent E, Yuksekkaya HA, Yagci RV, Aydogdu S. Impact of liver transplantation on rate-corrected QT interval and myocardial function in children with chronic liver disease*. Pediatr Transplant 2009; 13:300-6. [PMID: 18537904 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00909.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Prolonged QTc interval (>440 ms) is a common abnormality in adult patients with CLD and has been reported to predict patient survival. In this study, 88 children who underwent evaluation for LT, including a 12-lead electrocardiogram and echocardiogram included to determine the frequency of QTc prolongation and related factors in children with CLD and the effect of LT on these factors. Sixty-nine healthy, age- and sex-matched children served as controls. QTc interval was prolonged in 40 CLD patients (45.4%). It was found to be related to PELD score and presence of portal hypertension. Mean QTc was higher in patients who died prior to LT than in the survivors without LT. Mortality risk was increased 3.66-fold in patients with prolonged QTc (p = 0.001, 95% CI: 2-7.2). Cox regression analysis showed that only PELD score was an independent predictor of survival (p = 0.001, beta = -0.41, 95% CI: 5.58-1.82). Five of 48 transplanted children died within three months post-transplant; QTc was not related to post-transplant survival (p = 0.27). QTc normalized in 63.8% patients after LT. After LT, LAD, LVEF, and LVPWT decreased. In conclusion, QTc prolongation is common in children with CLD and associated with high mortality. It may be useful for assessment of the severity of CLD and for the timing for transplantation.
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Departments of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, 250. sok. No:6 D:1Bornova 35500 Izmir, Turkey.
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in children with celiac disease (CD) and to examine the role of H. pylori infection in clinical, laboratory and histopathological presentations of CD. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data on 96 children with CD and 235 children who underwent endoscopy were compared for the prevalence and gastric histology pattern of H. pylori. Clinical presentation, laboratory and histological findings of CD children with and without H. pylori infection were compared. RESULTS Twenty-one subjects (21.8%) in the CD group and 56 subjects (23.8%) in the control group had H. pylori gastritis. Gastric metaplasia is higher in CD patients with H. pylori gastritis (19%) than in patients without H. pylori gastritis (1.3%) and in the control group (3.5%) (p<0.05 for all groups). Abdominal distension is more common at initial admission in CD patients with H. pylori gastritis (57.1% versus 14.6%, p<0.05). No significant difference was found between H. pylori (+) and (-) CD patients in terms of prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia. Only mild duodenal histological findings were more common in H. pylori patients (57.1% versus 26.7%, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS CD may be associated with H. pylori gastritis, but it does not affect the clinical presentation of the disease, except for abdominal distension; CD is associated with mild duodenal lesions. A gluten-free diet improves the symptoms in all patients independently of the presence of H. pylori gastritis. Gastric metaplasia increases in the presence of H. pylori gastritis. Further prospective studies are needed to examine the clinical and histopathological outcomes of gastric metaplasia associated with H. pylori gastritis in CD patients.
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- Sema Aydogdu
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Gokhan Tumgor
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
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Arikan C, Berdeli A, Kilic M, Tumgor G, Yagci RV, Aydogdu S. Polymorphisms of the ICAM-1 gene are associated with biliary atresia. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:2000-4. [PMID: 18401716 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9914-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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UNLABELLED Inflammation is an important feature of biliary atresia, and recent studies suggest that its occurs in a genetically susceptible host. The intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is of paramount importance for the initiation and propagation of various inflammatory conditions. AIM To determine whether the Glu241Arg polymorphism in the ICAM-1 gene, which impairs inflammatory responses, is associated with biliary atresia. METHODS Between February 2002 and November 2004, 19 patients (mean age 1 +/- 0.4 years) diagnosed as biliary atresia were included in the study. Thirty-eight children with chronic liver disease and a group of unrelated healthy controls (n = 123) included in this study. After informed consent, blood was collected and genomic DNA was obtained. Genotyping was performed by amplification-refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMSPCR). Associations were assessed by using Fischer's exact test. RESULTS ICAM G242R A allele frequency was significantly higher in the BA group than in both the CLD and healthy control groups (OR = 4.4, 95 CI% 1.3-15.1, P = 0.03 and OR = 4.8 CI% 1.5-15.6, P = 0.01, respectively). Univariate analysis showed that polymorphism of ICAM G241R polymorphism was significantly related to biliary atresia. There was not significant correlation between PELD score and ICAM-1 genotypes both in BA and CLD groups. CONCLUSION These findings provide evidence for the possible role of ICAM-1 241R polymorphism in BA pathogenesis.
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, 250. sok. No: 6 D: 1, Bornova, Izmir 35040, Turkey.
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Kiyici M, Yilmaz M, Akyildiz M, Arikan C, Aydin U, Sigirli D, Nart D, Yilmaz F, Ozacar T, Karasu Z, Kilic M. Association Between Hepatitis B and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc 2008; 40:1511-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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MCs are important effector cells in a broad range of immune responses. Their role in liver allograft rejection is not clear. Twenty-one liver transplant recipients (mean age +/- s.d.; 10.2 +/- 4.1 yr) who experienced a rejection episode are included in this study. Biopsy specimens from normal livers (allograft biopsy with normal histopathology n = 5 and naive livers n = 6), transplanted livers with CR (n = 5), and transplanted livers with ACR (n = 26) were studied. The total number of PT in each biopsy specimen was documented, and the number of PT that contained MCs was expressed as a percentage of the total number of PT. MCs, percentage of PT containing MCs and the average number of MCs/PT was significantly higher in rejection specimens than in control biopsy samples. All parameters were significantly higher in CR group than AR groups. Increasing grades of rejection was also associated with progressively more MCs and MC/PT (r = 0.68 p = 0.000; r = 0.58 p = 0.002). Only serum bilirubin level was related to the MCs in AR group. Only MC/PT was detected as an independent predictor of graft survival (p = 0.011, RR 2.87 95% CI 1.3-6.5). Despite the fact that the role of MCs in liver allograft rejection is still unknown; they exist in inflammatory infiltrates during pediatric liver allograft rejection. MC-rich portal infiltrates may distinguish chronic liver rejection from other inflammatory states such as AR, hepatitis and biliary obstruction.
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Department of Pediatrics, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
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OBJECTIVES The hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is characterized as a triad: liver disease, intrapulmonary vascular dilatation, and arterial hypoxemia. The aim of this study is to analyze outcome of children with HPS in liver transplant era. METHODS Between September 1996 and November 2006, 172 cirrhotic patients (median age 5 years; range 0.2-22 years, M/F; 97/75) were followed at Ege University Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit. All patients were evaluated by chest radiography, arterial blood gas analysis, and alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference, contrast echocardiography (CEE) after and before the liver transplantation. RESULTS HPS was diagnosed in 33 patients (19%) by CEE. None of them had pulmonary hypertension. HPS was not found related to etiology of the liver disease. Portal hypertension was found related to the development of HPS (75.7% in patients with HPS and 54.6% in others, p = 0.02). 17 of 33 patients with HPS underwent liver transplantation. Preoperative and postoperative period of these patients was uneventful. Patients were extubated in the operating room except for two. Median follow up of transplanted children was 1.9 year (range; 0.75-10 years). Arterial blood gas analysis and CEE positivity regressed in all of them by postoperative 6th month. CONCLUSIONS HPS is a serious and important complication of cirrhotic children that leads to tissue hypoxia and central cyanosis. HPS seems reversible after liver transplantation in all patients.
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- Gokhan Tumgor
- Department of Pediatric, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Izmir, Turkey.
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Yuksekkaya HA, Cakir M, Tumgor G, Baran M, Arikan C, Yagci RV, Aydogdu S. Nutritional status of infants with neonatal cholestasis. Dig Dis Sci 2008; 53:803-8. [PMID: 17717748 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9917-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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PURPOSE We constructed a study to determine the association of anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters and bone mineral content with nutritional status in infants with neonatal cholestasis. METHODS The study included 38 children with neonatal cholestasis. Nutritional status was assessed by Waterlow criteria, and anthropometric measurements, biochemical parameters and bone mineral content were correlated with the nutritional status at initial admission and at the end of 2 months after nutritional support. RESULTS We found that the prevalence of acute and chronic malnutrition was 34.2% and 39.4% in infants with neonatal cholestasis, respectively. No significant difference was found in triceps skinfold thickness (TST), scapular skinfold thickness (SST) and suprailiac skinfold thickness (SuST), arm fat area (AFA) and arm area (AA) among the groups. Mid-arm circumference (MAC), arm muscle circumference (AMC) and arm muscle area (AMA) were significantly lower in patients with chronic malnutrition than both acute malnutrition and patients without malnutrition. MAC was the most reliable marker for the assessment of malnutrition and had the highest positive predictive value (PPV) (80.6%), sensitivity (89.2%) and negative predictive value (NPV) (57.1%). Prealbumin levels were significantly lower in patients with chronic malnutrition than the patients without malnutrition. Increment in MAC and AMC were significantly high in the three groups after 2 months. CONCLUSION MAC is a good indicator of malnutrition in neonatal cholestasis and may also be used for the monitoring of nutritional support; prealbumin may be used for assessment of the severity of malnutrition.
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- Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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Kilic M, Aydin U, Noyan A, Arikan C, Aydogdu S, Akyildiz M, Karasu Z, Zeytunlu M, Alper M, Batur Y. Live donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure. Transplantation 2007; 84:475-9. [PMID: 17713430 DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000276987.55382.e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute liver failure (ALF) carries a high mortality unless urgent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is performed on time. Live donors are utilized to treat this irreversible condition first in pediatric cases and then in adults. Herein, we aimed to report our experience with live donors for ALF in a country of a deceased donor organ donation rate is only 1.5 per million people. METHODS Among the 245 live donor liver transplantations (LDLT) performed from June 1999 to December 2005, 14 of them (6%) were performed for ALF in 8 pediatric and 6 adult cases. Right lobes were harvested for the adult cases whereas left lateral segments were harvested for pediatric cases, except one child transplanted with a right lobe graft. The etiology of the disease was; acute hepatitis B in four cases, hepatitis A in three cases, Wilson disease two cases, autoimmune hepatitis in two cases, and was unknown in three cases. RESULTS Three-year graft and patient survival is 79% for these series. Five of the six adult patients and six of the eight pediatric cases survived after transplantation. There was not any donor mortality or major morbidity. CONCLUSIONS LDLT offers a safe and effective modality of treatment for ALF for both pediatric and adult patients to overcome the problem of organ shortage especially in countries where the chance of receiving an organ from a deceased donor is low.
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- Murat Kilic
- Department of Surgery, Ege University Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
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Aydogdu S, Cakir M, Arikan C, Tumgor G, Yuksekkaya HA, Yilmaz F, Kilic M. Liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis: clinical and histopathological findings, outcome and impact on growth. Pediatr Transplant 2007; 11:634-40. [PMID: 17663686 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00722.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In this study, we analyze the demographic features, clinical and histopathological findings in patients who underwent liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. We also analyze outcome and impact of liver transplantation on growth and bone mineral content. Most of the patients were presented with jaundice mainly beginning within the first six months. At the time of initial admission; eight patients had short stature (height SD score<2), and four patients had weight SD score<2. Liver transplantation were performed at the age of 43.2+/-27 months (range 9 to 96 months), 6.5+/-3.5 months later after the first admission. Infection, surgical complications and osmotic diarrhea associated with severe metabolic acidosis were noted in 41.4%, 16.6% and 33.3%, respectively. One patient developed posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder. Overall; 1 year graft and patient survival was 69.2% and 75%, respectively. At the end of the 1st year only 2 patients had height SD score<2. Linear regression of height gain against increase in total body BMD measured at the time of transplantation and 1 year after liver transplantation gave a coefficient r=0.588 (p=0.074). No correlation was found between the height gain and age and PELD score at time of transplantation, and no difference was noted between the sexes and donor type. Liver transplantation is effective treatment modality with good outcome and little morbidity, and increases the growth acceleration in patients with PFIC associated with cirrhosis.
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- Sema Aydogdu
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Arikan C, Zihni C, Cakir M, Alkanat M, Aydogdu S. Morphometric analysis of small-bowel mucosa in Turkish children with celiac disease and relationship with the clinical presentation and laboratory findings. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52:2133-9. [PMID: 17406838 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9606-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Accepted: 09/07/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We aimed to analyze morphometric features of the small-bowel mucosa in children with celiac disease, to assess the diagnostic limit values of morphometric findings, and to examine the association of morphometric findings with the clinical presentation and laboratory findings. The study comprised 33 patients with celiac disease and 35 pediatric patients undergoing endoscopy for other causes. Biopsy specimens were reanalyzed for (1) intraepithelial lymphocytes, (2) goblet cells, (3) villous height, and (4) villous/crypt ratio. The morphometric parameters of the patients were compared with controls. Then celiac patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of total villous atrophy and clinical and laboratory findings were compared. Histologic examination revealed that goblet cells, villus height, and villous/crypt ratio were significantly lower and intraepithelial lymphocytes were significantly higher in celiac patients. Cutoff values for intraepithelial lymphocytes and goblet cells in celiac patients were 31/100 and 7.8/100 epithelial cells, respectively. Moreover, for villus height and villous/crypt ratio, cutoff values were 633 microm and 0.72, respectively. Serum folic acid and vitamin B(12) levels were significantly lower in patients with total villous atrophy and were positively correlated with the severity of villous atrophy. We suggest that morphologic examination and laboratory data are important for definitive diagnosis. Villous/crypt ratio is the most sensitive and specific parameter, and intraepithelial lymphocytes may be used along with villous/crypt ratio, especially in the early phase. Folic acid and vitamin B(12) levels are good indicators of villous atrophy.
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Department Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
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Yilmaz A, Arikan C, Tumgor G, Kilic M, Aydogdu S. Vascular complications in living-related and deceased donation pediatric liver transplantation: single center's experience from Turkey. Pediatr Transplant 2007; 11:160-4. [PMID: 17300495 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The aim of the study was to assess early and long-term incidence of venous complications, in both deceased donation (DD) and living-related (LR) liver transplantation (LT) in a pediatric population. Seventy-five liver transplants performed in 69 (39 boys, 30 girls) children at Ege University Hospital between 1997 and 2004 were prospectively monitored and reviewed. Age, sex, primary diagnosis, graft type, vascular complications and their management were evaluated. All patients received Doppler ultrasonographic examination both during operation and daily for the first three postoperative days and when necessary thereafter. The complications were classified as early and late presented. Thirty-three grafts (47.8%) were from DD and 36 (52.2%) were from LR donors. Recipients of DD were older than LR donors (mean age 10.5 +/- 5.1 and 5.0 +/- 0.7, respectively) (p < 0.05). Vascular complication occurrence was not statistically different between DDLT and LRLT recipients (p = 0.2), and between infants and children (p = 0.9). Overall, stenosis was more common than thrombosis. We observed hepatic artery (HA) thrombosis, in five of 75 (6.7%) transplants within 30 days post-transplant. Portal vein (PV) thrombosis and hepatic vein (HV) thrombosis were detected in six and one patients (8.7% and 1.3%), respectively. Six PV stenosis were identified (8.7%), while HA and HV-VC (vena cava) stenosis occurred in one and six patients (1.4% and 8.7%), respectively. All PV stenosis (6/33, 18.2%) and one PV aneurysm occurred in DDLT recipients while HV-VC stenosis were detected almost equally in LRLT and DDLT recipients (4/36 vs. 2/33). Except one, all PV stenosis were detected as a late complication and no intervention were needed. Stenosis of HV-VC was more common in girls (5/30 vs. 1/39) (p < 0.05) and the incidence was not different in DDLT and LRLT recipients (p = 0.8). In conclusion, overall incidences of thrombosis and stenosis formation after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) were 17.4% and 18.8%, respectively in our center. We suggest that in the cases with HA thrombosis manifested intra-operatively or within the early postoperative period, graft salvage was successful. Thrombosis of HA causes significant mortality. Thrombosis of PV was among the causes of mortality and morbidity. Stenosis of HV-VC could be managed by angioplasty and endovascular stenting with no significant effect to mortality.
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- Aygen Yilmaz
- Liver Transplant Group, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Akdeniz University Solid Organ Transplant Center, Antalya, Turkey.
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Bahceciler NN, Ozdemir C, Kucukosmanoglu E, Arikan C, Over U, Karavelioglu S, Akkoc T, Yazi D, Yesil O, Soysal A, Bakir M, Barlan IB. Association between previous enterobiasis and current wheezing: evaluation of 1018 children. Allergy Asthma Proc 2007; 28:174-82. [PMID: 17479601 DOI: 10.2500/aap.2007.27.2904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the association between parasitosis and allergy. We surveyed all children aged 4-12 years living in poor hygienic conditions in a shantytown of Istanbul. After obtaining data from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) and an additional questionnaire, performing a skin-prick test (SPT), and determining total IgE, stool and perianal tape specimens were obtained from 1018 participating children. The prevalence of past episodes of wheezing, current wheezing, asthma, and rhinitis was 31, 14.6, 10.7, and 26.2%, respectively. Parasitosis was present in 49.1%, Enterobius vermicularis (23.3%), being the most common. A history of treatment for enterobiasis was present in 37%. Comparison of children with and without current enterobiasis revealed no significant difference in allergic manifestations and SPT results, except for serum total IgE level (p = 0.018), whereas children with previous enterobiasis were more likely to have current wheezing (p = 0.012). Current wheezers were more likely to have previous enterobiasis (p = 0.01) and a higher maternal employment level (p = 0.036) when compared with those without. According to logistic regression analysis, covariables significantly positively related with current wheezing were previous enterobiasis (p = 0.003) and being < or =5 years of age (p = 0.043), whereas being the first child of the family (p = 0.043) was negatively related. A previous infection with E. vermicularis was found to potentiate current wheezing in a population living in a shantytown in Istanbul.
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- Nerin N Bahceciler
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Division, Marmara University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Hyperuricemia is common after renal and cardiac transplantations, but it is rarely reported after liver transplantations. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of hyperuricemia in children following orthotopic liver transplantation and the effects of calcineurin inhibitors tacrolimus and cyclosporine) on blood uric acid levels. Between September 1997 to January 2004, 76 liver transplantations were performed in 70 children (male/female; 39/31) at Ege University, Organ Transplantation Center (37 deceased donation and 39 live donors). Patients who had been transplanted within the last three months and patients who died within six months after liver transplantation were excluded from the study. Finally 59 patients were included in this study. Uric acid levels were measured before transplantation and after transplantation within six months intervals for two yr. In these series 17 cases had increased uric acid levels after liver transplantation (28.8%). Serum uric acid levels in both groups (tacrolimus or cyclosporine) were detected to be significantly higher than initial values at 12th months (p < 0.05). Hyperuricemia developed in eight patients receiving cyclosporine (eight of 11; 72%) whereas nine patients receiving tacrolimus developed hyperuricemia (nine of 48; 18%). However, the rate of having high uric acid levels was significantly higher in cyclosporine group compared tacrolimus group (p = 0.001, OR: 11.5, CI 95% 2.5-52.4). Uric acid levels were also significantly higher in cyclosporine group in 12th and 18th months (respectively, p = 0.003 and p = 0.003). Serum creatinine levels at 12th, 18th and 24th months were significantly higher in cyclosporine group than tacrolimus group (respectively, p = 0.009, p = 0.04 and p = 0.02). Hyperuricemia is a common complication after liver transplantation in children. Cyclosporine may cause hyperuricemia more often in respect to tacrolimus and this may be related to the impairment of renal functions. Complications developing because of hyperuricemia such as gout disease or renal calculi are quite rare in children.
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- Gokhan Tumgor
- Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
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BACKGROUND Transient hyperphosphatasemia of infancy and early childhood is characterized by transiently increased serum activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), predominantly its bone or liver isoform, in children under 5 years of age. There is little information on the rate of transient hyperphosphatasemia in pediatric liver transplant recipients. METHODS Patients who underwent liver transplantation at Ege University Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Izmir, Tureky, between January 1998 and January 2005, were included in the study. A total of 70 paediatric liver recipients' medical records were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS Transient isolated hyperphosphatasemia was observed in two of 70 patients and the rate of transient hyperphosphatasemia was estimated to be 2.8% in pediatric liver transplant recipient. Diarrheal episode was noted prior to the peak ALP activity in both cases. In one case the causative agent was not found, whereas in the other case Rotavirus was detected in a stool specimen. ALP activity normalized at 4 months and 18 days in the first and second cases, respectively. They continue follow up at the outpatient clinics with stable graft function. CONCLUSION It is important to know that very high ALP levels can be seen without underlying significant pathology and the benign nature of the condition to avoid unnecessary investigations.
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- Cigdem Arikan
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Ege University School of Medicine, Organ Transplantation and Research Center, Izmir, Turkey.
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Aydogdu S, Tumgor G, Parildar M, Arikan C, Aydin U, Yuzer Y, Kilic M. Acute Hepatic Vein Thrombosis After Liver Transplantation in a Child With Biliary Atresia and Absent Inferior Vena Cava. Transplant Proc 2006; 38:1459-60. [PMID: 16797332 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Stenosis of the hepatic venous outflow anastomosis is rare after liver transplantation. Hepatic venous outflow obstruction affects 5.1% to 7% of transplanted patients. Clinical findings among children include massive ascites and abdominal pain and laboratory findings demonstrate altered liver function tests and coagulopathy. In this article, we report a case of hepatic venous thrombosis occurring 22 days after living-related liver transplantation. The patient was treated with hepatic venoplasty and stent implantation.
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