PROGRESSIVE FAMILIAL INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS

Course overview

PROGRESSIVE FAMILIAL INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS IS A CONDITION IN WHICH GENETIC MUTATIONS RESULT IN ABNORMAL BILE SECRETION AND/OR PRODUCTION. THOUGH UNCOMMON, THIS IS A SERIOUS CONDITION THAT, IN MANY CASES, LEADS TO SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE DISEASE PROCESS FROM PROGRESSING RAPIDLY, THIS CONDITION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND DIAGNOSED APPROPRIATELY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL ADDRESS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH THIS CONDITION.