Pre-operative time course changes in liver function tests in biliary atresia: Its usefulness in the discrimination of biliary atresia in early infancy

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 506-512

  Yamagiwa, Iwao ^a   Iwafuchi, Makoto ^b   Obata, Kazuya ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminotransferase; Bilirubin; Extrahepatic biliary atresia; Neonate; glutamyl transpeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029782255     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03535.x     Document Type: Article

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