Cholestasis

Brain scans have shown children with neonatal cholestasis tend to have brain abnormalities, a review study found. Bleeding was the most common, especially in…

The Phase 3 trial that supported the U.S. approval of Livmarli (maralixibat) for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) involved the broadest range of patients,…

Having gestational diabetes increases the risk of adverse outcomes in pregnancy for women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), the most common pregnancy-related liver…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Mirum Pharmaceuticals’ Livmarli (maralixibat) to reduce pruritus, or itching, in adults and children, 5 years…

Treatment with an oral medication called sodium 4-phenylbutyrate — approved to treat diseases in which the body fails to remove a waste called ammonia…

Women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) show lesser diversity across their gut bacteria than do other pregnant women, a study reports. Its findings…

Bortezomib, an anticancer medication, prevented a recurrence of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) after a liver transplant by helping a young girl…

Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), a liver disorder that can affect a pregnant woman, leads to abnormally high levels of a protein called ERp29…

In infants with suspected cholestasis, targeted single-gene testing for those with symptoms that indicate a particular, associated disease and broader gene panel testing for…

In a wide-ranging analysis of thousands of different proteins from liver samples from transplant patients, a team of scientists in Spain discovered potential links to…