Hepatic carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1 deficiency, often shortened to CPT1A deficiency, is a rare, inherited energy-use problem in the liver. Our bodies ...

Hepatic vein obstruction means the blood leaving the liver cannot flow out normally through the hepatic veins into the inferior vena cava (IVC) and then to the ...

Unconjugated bilirubin is a yellow waste pigment that your body makes when it breaks down old red blood cells. First, hemoglobin from red cells becomes ...

Kernicterus is brain damage caused by very high levels of a yellow substance in the baby’s blood called unconjugated bilirubin. When bilirubin is too high, it ...

Bilirubin encephalopathy means brain injury caused by very high levels of unconjugated (indirect) bilirubin in a newborn’s blood. Unconjugated bilirubin can ...

Non-syndromic biliary atresia is a liver disease in newborn babies. The tiny tubes that carry bile (the bile ducts) become inflamed, scarred, and blocked. Bile ...

Isolated atresia of the bile ducts means the tubes that carry bile from a baby’s liver to the intestine are blocked or missing. Bile is a fluid that helps ...

Congenital biliary duct atresia (biliary atresia) is a disease of newborn babies. The small tubes that carry bile from the liver to the intestine do not open ...

Atresia of bile ducts means that the tubes that carry bile from a baby’s liver to the intestine are scarred, narrowed, or completely blocked. Bile is a ...

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 ...