Congenital porto-systemic shunt as a major cause of galactosemia

International Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 206-210

  Sakura, N ^a   Mizoguchi, N ^a   Ono, H ^a   Nishimura, Y ^a   Naito, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galactosemia; Porto systemic shunts

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0035205303     PISSN: 08856265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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