Biliary atresia, cytomegalovirus, and age at referral

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6 I, 1996, Pages 828-831

  Tarr, Phillip I ^a,c   Haas, Joel E ^b   Christie, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugated bilirubin; cytomegalovirus; extrahepatic biliary atresia; portoenterostomy; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BILIARY ATRESIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030008314     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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