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The coming of age of a young subspecialty: paediatric hepatology
Author(s) -
Németh Antal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.13842
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatology , subspecialty , viral hepatitis , intensive care medicine , pathology
Paediatric hepatology dates from the 1970s and it is the youngest of the organ‐specific subspecialties. As then there have been impressive achievements in the fields of anatomical, metabolic, immunological and neoplastic diseases, and the advent of modern molecular biology has resulted in a marked increase in exact diagnoses. Liver transplants provided enormous stimulus for the discipline. Due to changing morbidity patterns, the discipline faces new challenges, such as environment‐ and lifestyle‐induced liver diseases, but different forms of chronic viral hepatitis are diminishing. Conclusion: High levels of competence require good clinical research, optimal results and a high degree of centralisation.