Biliary Atresia and Reovirus Type 3 Infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 307, Issue 8, 1982, Pages 481-484

  Morecki, Rachel ^a,b   Glaser, Joy H ^a,b   Cho, Sangho ^a,b   Balistreri, William F ^a,b   Horwitz, Marshall S ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDITORIAL; ETIOLOGY; FETUS; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LIVER; REOVIRUS;

EID: 0020319145     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198208193070806     Document Type: Article

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