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Medical condition
Cholestasis facies
Differential diagnosis
Alagille syndrome
Cholestasis facies are a type of facies considered a symptom of Alagille syndrome.[1] However it appears not to be specific but "a general feature of congenital intrahepatic cholestatic liver disease".[2]
^Sokol, Ronald J.; Heubi, James E.; Balistreri, William F. (1983). "Intrahepatic 'cholestasis facies': Is it specific for Alagille syndrome?". The Journal of Pediatrics. 103 (2): 205–8. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(83)80345-X. PMID 6875709.
^Kamath, Binita M.; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Oakey, Rebecca J.; Emerick, Karan E.M.; Conversano, Tracy; Spinner, Nancy B.; Piccoli, David A.; Krantz, Ian D. (2002). "Facial features in Alagille syndrome: Specific or cholestasis facies?". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 112 (2): 163–70. doi:10.1002/ajmg.10579. PMID 12244550.
Cholestasisfacies are a type of facies considered a symptom of Alagille syndrome. However it appears not to be specific but "a general feature of congenital...
cholestasis, where there is a mechanical blockage in the duct system that can occur from a gallstone or malignancy, and metabolic type of cholestasis...
Sokol RJ, Heubi JE, Balistreri WF (August 1983). "Intrahepatic "cholestasisfacies": is it specific for Alagille syndrome?". The Journal of Pediatrics...
was not published. "She gave a good description in certain cases of the facies" according to her mentor, Paul Lemoine. In 1968, Paul Lemoine of Nantes...
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