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Allegille Syndrome

Alagille Syndrome is the name given to a particular type of liver condition called biliary hypoplasia in association with at least two or other signs in other parts of the body. Alagille Syndrome affects approximately one child in every 100,000 live births and occurs equally between boys and girls.

This syndrome takes its name from Professor Alagille in France. He was one of the first people to recognise it in 1975. It is also sometimes called Arterio-Hepatic Dysplasia or Syndromic biliary hypoplasia.

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