Biliary atresia is a rare disease in newborns where the bile ducts outside (and sometimes inside) the liver are blocked or missing. Bile cannot flow from the ...

Bile acid-CoA ligase deficiency and defective amidation is a rare, inherited problem in how the liver “finishes” bile acids. Normally, the liver first ...

Your liver makes bile acids. Bile acids help digest fat and absorb vitamins A, D, E, and K. Before bile acids can work well, the liver must “activate” and ...

Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis type 2 (BRIC2) is a rare, inherited liver condition. People with BRIC2 have repeated “attacks” (episodes) in which ...

Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 is a rare, inherited liver condition. “Benign” means it usually does not cause permanent liver scarring. ...

Benign recurrent cholestasis (BRC/BRIC) is a rare liver condition where bile flow from the liver slows or stops for weeks to months, then gets better by itself ...

Benign familial recurrent cholestasis (BRIC) is a rare, inherited liver condition. “Benign” means it does not usually lead to permanent liver damage. ...

Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) is a rare, inherited liver condition. It causes repeated “attacks” when bile cannot flow out of liver cells ...

Ciliary dysentery is a bowel infection caused by a large, single-cell parasite named Balantidium coli. It is the only ciliated protozoan known to infect ...

Balantidial dysentery is a bowel infection caused by a single-celled parasite called Balantidium coli (also written in newer papers as Balantioides coli; older ...

Balantidiasis is an infection of the large intestine caused by a single-celled parasite called Balantidium coli (also known in newer science papers as ...

Introduction Gallbladder cancer is a rare but serious disease that develops when cancerous (malignant) cells form in the tissues of the gallbladder a small ...

    Introduction Liver cancer is one of the most challenging cancers worldwide, known for its aggressive nature and often late diagnosis. ...

Pelvofemoral muscular dystrophy (PFMD) is an older descriptive name for a limb-girdle pattern of muscular dystrophy in which weakness starts in the pelvic and ...

Isolated congenital polycystic liver disease is a rare condition in which many fluid-filled sacs (cysts) grow throughout the liver over a lifetime, even though ...

Fibrocystic disease of the liver (often called fibropolycystic liver disease) is a family of rare birth-related liver problems where the tubes that carry bile ...

Congenital polycystic liver disease is a condition you are born with. It causes many fluid-filled sacs, called cysts, to form in the liver. These cysts come ...

Congenital cystic disease of the liver is an umbrella term for birth-related (genetic or developmental) problems where tiny tubes in the developing liver (the ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease (ADPLD) is a genetic condition where many fluid-filled cysts grow in the liver. Over time, cysts can become ...

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is a special kind of chronic inflammation of the pancreas that happens when the immune system mistakenly attacks the pancreas. It ...