High Incidence of Early Cholelithiasis Detected by Ultrasonography in Children and Young Adults with Hereditary Spherocytosis

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 952-954

  Tamary, Hannah ^a   Aviner, Shraga ^a   Freud, Enrique ^a   Miskin, Hagit ^a   Krasnov, Tatyana ^b   Schwarz, Michael ^a   Yaniv, Isaac ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biliary ultrasonography; Cholelithiasis; Spherocytosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; GILBERT DISEASE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; GALLSTONES; GILBERT DISEASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SPLENECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0348014653     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200312000-00009     Document Type: Article

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