Liver transplantation in children is recommended to those who have severe liver damage due to acute liver failure, chronic liver failure or complications of cholestasis. In infants, the most common indication of liver transplantation is biliary atresia accounting for 50% of all paediatric liver transplants. Other indications leading to paediatric transplant include: hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma and metabolic liver diseases such as: Propionic Acidemia, Wilson’s Disease, Alagille Syndrome, Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, Budd Chiari Syndrome, Criggler Najjar Syndrome, Primary Biliary Cholangitis etc…
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