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The main causes of chronic liver disease in children are: neonatal liver disease (see Chap. 1); alpha-1-anti-trypsin deficiency (see Chap. 1); autoimmune liver disease (see Chap. 6); cystic fibrosis (see Chap. 8), chronic viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease liver disease (NAFLD) and metabolic liver disease (see Chaps. 1 and 2) (Table 7.1).
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Kelly, D. (2018). The Child with Chronic Liver Disease. In: Kelly, D., Sharif, K., Hartley, J. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Hepatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69529-7_7
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