Thymic cyst haemorrhages and transient cholestasis in a 4-week-old infant

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 236-238

  Koopman, L P ^a   Plotz F B ^a,c   Meuzelaar, J J ^a   Knoester, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Haemorrhages; Respiratory distress; Thymic cysts; Vitamin K deficiency

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS CYST; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; THYMECTOMY; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031915165     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050802     Document Type: Article

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