Liver biopsy in neonatal cholestasis: A review on statistical grounds

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 793-799

  Zerbini, M C N ^a,c   Gallucci, S D D ^c   Maezono, R ^a   Ueno, C M ^a   Porta, G ^b   Maksoud, J G ^b   Gayotto, L C C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Children's Hospital   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; Cirrhosis; Giant cell hepatitis; Liver biopsy; Logistic regression; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0030766225     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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