INTRAHEPATIC cholestasis as a manifestation of liver disease is not an unusual finding. Such obstruction to bile flow may occur quite frequently in acute and chronic hepatitis and primary biliary ...

Cholestasis affects about 1 out of every 100 pregnancies. Cholestasis occurs in about 1% of pregnancies in the United States. There are a few factors that increase a person's risk.

Cholestasis induced by inflammation is a common complication in patients with extrahepatic infections or inflammatory processes, generally referred to as sepsis-associated cholestasis.

Intrahepatic cholestasis or pregnancy (ICP also known as obstetric cholestasis) is usually seen as itching during later stages of pregnancy. In mild cases it is not harmful but severe cases may ...

Is Neonatal Cholestasis a Marker of Future Liver Damage? —This study examined the natural history of infants born with alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency and liver disease, with a focus on ...

Cholestasis is a condition that can cause distress during pregnancy by inducing severe itching. It can also be harmful for your unborn child. TheHealthSite.com ...

Sometimes, a friend's Facebook comment can save a life. After Christina DePino complained in a Facebook post about itching during her pregnancy, friends cautioned that she may have cholestasis ...

Cholestasis was judged to be present in intrahepatic disease by the clinical criteria of degree of hyperbilirubinemia and elevated serum alkaline phosphatase (and blood lipids in some patients ...

Cholestasis research is still an emerging field, but Dr. Mays has been examining it for decades after his hospital had three stillbirths over the course of two years in the early 2000s.

Cholestasis is a medical condition of the liver that affects women during pregnancy. The condition occurs late in pregnancy causing severe itching on the hands, feet and other parts of the body.

On Dr. Berlin's Informed Pregnancy Podcast, Kate Mara recalls being diagnosed with Cholestasis and eventually having to undergo an emergency c-section Kate Mara‘s birth plan didn’t exactly ...

Intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP, also known as obstetric cholestasis) is a condition of pregnancy that commonly manifests as itching and in rare cases jaundice. It is important to evaluate the cases ...