Etiological structure of liver cirrhosis in children
The work outlines etiological structure of liver cirrhosises {LC} in children aged older than 1 month according to data available at the moment from multiprofile hospital of federal subordination - Russian Children Hospital. It is shown that infectious LC make about 40 % of all LC events. In structure of infectious etiology LC cytomegalovirus LC dominates - 70 % events; LC with underlying viral hepatitises rank second - 28 % of all events. Among non-infectious LC liver cirrhosises with underlying autoimmune hepatitis, mucoviscidosis and Wilson's illness prevail. Most common clinical diagnostic characters of LC in children are presented.