Efficacy of Inchinkoto for Liver Cirrhosis in an Infant with Down Syndrome Complicated by Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder  

作　　者：Ryuta Washio Masaya Takahashi Sohsaku Yamanouchi Masato Hirabayashi Kenji Mine Yukihiro Noda Eriko Kanda Atsushi Ohashi Hirohide Kawasaki Kazunari Kaneko 

机构地区：[1]Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

出　　处：《Open Journal of Pediatrics》2017年第1期26-31,共6页儿科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：Several patients with Down syndrome complicated by transient myeloproliferative disorder may develop liver cirrhosis for which no effective therapeutic agent exists. We report the infant with Down syndrome complicated by transient myeloproliferative disorder and liver cirrhosis who was successfully treated by Inchinkoto, the Japanese herbal medicine. In the present case, Inchinkoto appeared to prevent both histological and serological aggravation of liver cirrhosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of preventive effect of Inchinkoto on liver cirrhosis, and it can be a choice of treatment for infants with Down syndrome complicated by liver cirrhosis.Several patients with Down syndrome complicated by transient myeloproliferative disorder may develop liver cirrhosis for which no effective therapeutic agent exists. We report the infant with Down syndrome complicated by transient myeloproliferative disorder and liver cirrhosis who was successfully treated by Inchinkoto, the Japanese herbal medicine. In the present case, Inchinkoto appeared to prevent both histological and serological aggravation of liver cirrhosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of preventive effect of Inchinkoto on liver cirrhosis, and it can be a choice of treatment for infants with Down syndrome complicated by liver cirrhosis.

关 键 词：Inchinkoto Transient MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Disorder Down Syndrome Liver FIBROSIS Japanese HERBAL Medicine 

分 类 号：R5[医药卫生—内科学]