Therapy of Infectious Hepatitis and Other Liver Disorders

INTRODUCTION Hepatic disorders in infancy and childhood continue to pose problems in regard to their management. Even though the aetiological factors are many and some of them ill-understood today, the manifestation is the same that of hepatic insufficiency. Since liver performs many functions of the body some understood well, some not so well and others not at all—a drug that would help in keeping the liver functioning would go a long way in solving the problem of treating hepatic disorders.