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Topic: Liver Diseases


Anatomy/Physiology

- Liver: Anatomy and Functions - University of Utah, Health Sciences Center

Children

- Over-the-Counter Cold Medications - Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- Pediatric Liver and Transplant Questions - Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- Jaundice in Healthy Newborns - Nemours Foundation
- FAQs about Kernicterus - National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
- Choledochal Cysts - Children's Hospital Boston
- Blood Tests: Why Your Child Needs All Those Sticks - Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- Alagille Syndrome - Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- Galactosemia - American Liver Foundation
- Tyrosinemia - American Liver Foundation
- Type I Glycogen Storage Disease - American Liver Foundation

Clinical Trials

- ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Diseases - National Institutes of Health
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Jaundice - National Institutes of Health

Diagnosis/Symptoms

- Ultrasound: Abdomen - American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- Albumin Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase) Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase) Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- GGT (Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase) Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Bilirubin Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatograp - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- TIBC (Total Iron-Binding Capacity) & Trans - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Liver Biopsy - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Liver Function Tests - Nemours Foundation
- Liver Panel - American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Liver-Spleen Scan - National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center

Dictionaries/Glossaries

- Liver Terms and Definitions - Children's Liver Association for Support Services
- Digestive Diseases Dictionary - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse

Genetics

- Genetics Home Reference: Alagille syndrome - National Library of Medicine
- Genetics Home Reference: Galactosemia - National Library of Medicine

Nutrition

- Diet and Your Liver - American Liver Foundation

Organizations

- Children's Liver Association for Support Serv -
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho -
- American Liver Foundation -

Overviews

- What Are the Diseases That Affect the Liver? - American Liver Foundation
- Liver: A Primer - American Liver Foundation

Prevention/Screening

- 50 Ways to Love Your Liver - American Liver Foundation
- Total Protein and Albumin/Globulin Ratio Test - American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Related Issues

- Kava-Containing Dietary Supplements May Be Associa - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- What Are the Myths Vs. Facts about Alcohol and the - American Liver Foundation
- High-Protein Diets: Are They Safe If You Have Live - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Research

- Adult Liver Disease Is Associated with a History o - American Medical Association
- More Research Is Needed to Help Clinicians Better - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Specific Conditions

- Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury - American Liver Foundation
- Acetaminophen Use and Liver Injury - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Alcohol Alert: Alcoholic Liver Disease - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- What Is NAFLD/NASH? (Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Dise - American Liver Foundation
- Cystic Disease of the Liver - American Liver Foundation
- Enlarged Liver (Hepatomegaly) - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Gilbert's Syndrome - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Zellweger Syndrome - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) - UpToDate
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis - National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Liver Disease and Diabetes - Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Statistics

- Hepatitis and Liver Diseases in the United States - American Liver Foundation
- FASTATS: Chronic Liver Disease/Cirrhosis - National Center for Health Statistics

Treatment

- What You Need to Know about the Transjugular Intra - Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Shunt Surgical Procedures - American Liver Foundation
- Interventional Treatments for Liver Disease - Society of Interventional Radiology
- FDA Approves Drug to Treat Rare Pediatric Liver Di - Food and Drug Administration

Women

- Pregnancy and Liver Function - American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- Pregnancy and the Liver - American Liver Foundation

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