LIVER DISEASES
Hepatitis ! Fatty liver ! Cirrhosis ! Obstruction ! Liver Cancer ! Genetic Disorders
Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic liver disorder. It involves excess iron storage and is usually diagnosed in adults.
There are numerous genetic liver diseases that affect children. The most common is alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Most of the genetic liver diseases involved a missing enzyme or protein that leads to damaging deposits in the liver (such as galactosemia, the absence of a milk sugar enzyme, which leads to milk sugar accumulation; and Wilson's disease, where copper builds up in the liver).
Although not genetic, a defective element that results in liver injury (such as biliary atresia, where the bile ducts are absent or too small) may also cause problems with abnormal liver function in newborns.
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