"Alagille Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A multisystem disorder that is characterized by aplasia of intrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC), and malformations in the cardiovascular system, the eyes, the vertebral column, and the facies. Major clinical features include JAUNDICE, and congenital heart disease with peripheral PULMONARY STENOSIS. Alagille syndrome may result from heterogeneous gene mutations, including mutations in JAG1 on CHROMOSOME 20 (Type 1) and NOTCH2 on CHROMOSOME 1 (Type 2).
Descriptor ID |
D016738
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MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.120.135.250.125 C06.552.150.125 C14.240.400.044 C16.131.077.065 C16.131.240.400.044 C16.320.051
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Concept/Terms |
Alagille Syndrome- Alagille Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alagille
- Alagille's Syndrome
- Alagilles Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alagille's
- Alagille-Watson Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alagille-Watson
- Arteriohepatic Dysplasia
- Cardiovertebral Syndrome
- Syndrome, Cardiovertebral
- Arteriohepatic Dysplasia (AHD)
- Dysplasia, Arteriohepatic (AHD)
- Dysplasia, Arteriohepatic
- Hepatic Ductular Hypoplasia, Syndromatic
- Hepatofacioneurocardiovertebral Syndrome
- Syndrome, Hepatofacioneurocardiovertebral
- Watson Alagille Syndrome
- Syndrome, Watson Alagille
- Watson Miller Syndrome
- Syndrome, Watson Miller
- Watson-Miller syndrome
- syndrome, Watson-Miller
- Alagille Watson Syndrome
- Syndrome, Alagille Watson
- Cholestasis with Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis
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d-Alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol-1000 succinate enhances the absorption of vitamin D in chronic cholestatic liver disease of infancy and childhood. Pediatr Res. 1992 Feb; 31(2):146-50.