INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS FACIES - IS IT SPECIFIC FOR ALAGILLE SYNDROME
INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS FACIES - IS IT SPECIFIC FOR ALAGILLE SYNDROME
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(83)80345-x
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
BALISTRERI, WF
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文献类型:
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作者:
SOKOL, RJ;HEUBI, JE;BALISTRERI, WF
In 1975 Alagille described a syndromatic form of intrahepatic biliary hypoplasia associated with characteristic facial features (prominent forehead, deep-set eyes, mild hypertelorism, straight nose and small pointed chin). To test the specificity of the facies for Alagille syndrome, close-up facial photographs of 15 children and young adults with various forms of intrahepatic cholestasis (including 7 with Alagille syndrome) were examined by 13 pediatric hepatologists from the US and Canada and by Alagille and 8 of his coworkers from France, without knowledge of the individual diagnoses. Each examiner was asked to identify the patients with facies characteristics for Alagille syndrome. Fifty-one percent of the US/Canadian group''s matchings and 49% of the French group''s matchings of facies to underlying liver disease (presence or absence of Alagille syndrome) were incorrect. The sensitivity of the facies for diagnosing Alagille syndrome was 54% and 32%, the specificity 44% and 68% and the predictive value 46% and 47% based on the USA/Canadian and French groups, respectively. Cholestasis facies does not appear specific for Alagille syndrome; rather, it seems to be a general feature of congenital intrahepatic cholestatic liver disease.