Biliary hypoplasia in Williams syndrome
- Correspondence to:
Dr K O’Reilly
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Dalnair Street, Yorkhill, Glasgow, UK; oreillykmor{at}yahoo.co.uk
- Accepted 8 December 2005
Abstract
Neonatal hepatitis and biliary hypoplasia are not recognised features of Williams syndrome. A case of Williams syndrome, presenting with neonatal conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia leading to an initial misdiagnosis is reported.
- AST, aspartate aminotransferase
- ALT, alanine aminotransferase
- HIDA, hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid
- FISH, fluorescent in-situ hybridisation
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Competing interests: none declared








