Congenital biliary atresia detected as a result of galactosemia screening by the Beutler method

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 175-179

  Sakura, Nobuo ^a   Mizoguchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Ono, Hiroaki ^a   Yamaoka, Hiroaki ^a   Hamakawa, Mochiyuki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima City Clin Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beutler test; Bilirubin; Congenital biliary atresia; Galactosemia; Newborn screening

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; GALACTOSEMIAS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NADP; NEONATAL SCREENING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0034257203     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(00)00220-5     Document Type: Article

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