Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: A rare complication of pregnancy that can occur in the second half of the pregnancy. It is characterized by excessive fatty deposits in the liver which can be fatal without prompt diagnosis and treatment which involves delivering the baby as soon as possible. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is available below.
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Prognosis for Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: with treatment, liver function often returns to normal within weeks
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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, or a subtype of Acute fatty liver of pregnancy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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