AIIMS clinical score : A reliable aid to distinguish neonatal hepatitis from extra hepatic biliary atresia

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 605-608

  Gupta, D K ^a   Srinivas, M ^a   Bajpai, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Extra hepatic biliary atresia; Jaundice; Neonatal hepatitis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

BILIARY ATRESIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LIVER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035404718     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02752271     Document Type: Article

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