Cholestasis

Higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids, fatty molecules found in food and shown to have health benefits, significantly associate with a lower risk of…

Cholestasis is a common complication among critically ill people with COVID 19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a life-threatening form of respiratory failure, a…

Two cases of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (PFIC3) with markedly different ages of disease onset due to new mutations in the ABCB4…

Women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), the most common pregnancy-related liver complication, have significantly higher scores of two whole-body inflammation biomarkers than women…

A few years ago I received an unexpected phone call from Birmingham Children’s Hospital here in England. Action Medical Research, a British charity working to…

Nearly 1.5 years of treatment with Bylvay (odevixibat) effectively reduces itching and liver damage markers, and improves growth and sleep in people with…

About 1 in 3 pregnant women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), the most common pregnancy-related liver complication, had proteinuria, or high levels of…

Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) caused by mutations in the USP53 gene results in a fairly mild form of the disease, with most of…

We had a breakthrough this week with our 4-year-old daughter, Eva, who has progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). I think we’ve finally found the…

Women diagnosed with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) before 24 weeks of gestation, or about six months, are significantly more likely to develop gestational…