Diagnostic approach to the child with hepatobiliary disease

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-202

  El Youssef, Mounif ^a   Whitington, Peter F ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary disease; Childhood; Diagnosis; Infancy; Liver disease; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031667932     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007156     Document Type: Review

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