Neonatal hepatitis syndrome

Hepatitis syndrome of newborn is caused by a variety of reasons. The main pathological change is a neonatal disease formed by non-specific multinuclear giant cells. It is characterized by obstructive jaundice, hepato-splenomegaly, and abnormal liver function, elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin in the late neonatal period, and is most often caused by infection during or after delivery. Often onset about 1 month after birth. In a broad sense, it includes intrahepatic cholestasis of hepatocyte origin, such as infections, metabolic diseases, familial cholestasis, chromosomal abnormalities, and idiopathic neonatal hepatitis; in a narrow sense, it is limited to the liver Cell inflammation.

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