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Synonyms
- AHD
- Arteriohepatic Dysplasia
- Cholestasis with Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
- Syndromatic Hepatic Ductular Hypoplasia
Disorder Subdivisions
- None
General Discussion
Alagille syndrome is a genetic liver disorder usually present at birth. It is characterized by insufficient passage of bile due to a lower than normal number of bile ducts inside the liver. In some cases, the child may be born with no bile ducts. Major symptoms include prolonged yellow skin discoloration (jaundice), eye and heart structure anomalies, abnormally shaped vertebrae of the spine, compression of nerve space inside the lower spine, an absence of deep tendon reflexes, mental deficiency, facial and kidney (renal) abnormalities, shortened fingers, and pancreatic insufficiency.
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Resources
The Arc (a national organization on mental retardation)
1010 Wayne Ave
Suite 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tel: (301)565-3842
Fax: (301)565-3843
Tel: (800)433-5255
TDD: (817)277-0553
Email: info@thearc.org
Internet: http://www.thearc.org/
Alagille Syndrome Alliance
10500 SW Starr Drive
Tualatin, OR 97062
USA
Tel: 5038850455
Fax: 5038850455
Email: alagille@earthlink.net
Internet: http://www.alagille.org
Children's Liver Alliance
IN
Email: mail@liverkids.org.au
Internet: http://www.liverkids.org.au
American Liver Foundation
75 Maiden Lane
Suite 603
New York, NY 10038
USA
Tel: 2126681000
Fax: 2124838179
Tel: 8004654837
Email: info@liverfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.liverfoundation.org
Digestive Disease National Coalition
507 Capitol Court
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
Tel: (202)544-7497
Fax: (202)546-7105
Email: scott@hmcw.org
Internet: http://www.ddnc.org
NIH/National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
2 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892-3570
Tel: (301)654-3810
Fax: (301)907-8906
Tel: (800)891-5389
Email: nddic@info.niddk.nih.gov
Internet: http://www.niddk.nih.gov
MUMS (Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc) National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
USA
Tel: 9203365333
Fax: 9203390995
Tel: 8773365333
Email: mums@netnet.net
Internet: http://www.netnet.net/mums/
Cholestatic Liver Disease Consortium (CLiC)
c/o Joan Hines, The Children's Hospital
13123 E. 16th Ave.
Suite B290
Aurora, CO 80045
Tel: (720)777-2598
Fax: (720)777-7325
Email: hines.joan@tchden.org
Internet: http://www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/clic
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Last Updated: 8/8/2007
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