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Infantile Cirrhosis of the liver

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Summary

  1. (1)

    Infantile Cirrhosis is a disease found to a greater extent amongst the children of the vegetarian and to a lesser extent in the non-vegetarian families. The disease is not met with amongst the Muslims and the Europeans.

  2. (2)

    There are two factors in the ætiology of the disease; cow’s milk andB. coli infection. Cow’s milk brings about the predisposing factor—viz., gastro-intestinal disorder and devitalization of the liver—andB. coli the cirrhotic changes in the liver.

  3. (3)

    The pathological condition of the blood indicates an increase of leucocytes with lymphocytes predominating. The blood sugar is low and blood urea is normal.

  4. (4)

    Jaundice is present in a few cases only and this complication arises as a result of obstruction to bile capillaries in later stages of the disease.

  5. (5)

    The morbid anatomy of the liver presents a picture ofportal cirrhosis. The clinical condition of the disease as well as the histological features of the liver fulfil the criteria of portal or Lænnec’s cirrhosis.

  6. (6)

    It is suggested that the nomenclature of the disease should be ‘Infantile Cirrhosis’ and not ‘Infantile biliary Cirrhosis’.

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  1. Victoria, Vani Vilas and Minto Hospitals, and Lecturer in Pathology and Bacteriology, University Medical School, Bangalore, India

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03051470.

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Rao, P.K. Infantile Cirrhosis of the liver. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 14, 310–338 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048516

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