Nonsyndromic paucity of interlobular bile ducts: Report of 10 patients

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 546-549

  Yehezkely Schildkraut, Vered ^a   Munichor, Mariana ^b   Mandel, Hanna ^a   Berkowitz, Drora ^a   Hartman, Corina ^a   Eshach Adiv, Orly ^a   Shamir, Raanan ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infants; Liver biopsy; Neonatal cholestasis; Paucity of interlobular bile ducts

Indexed keywords

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLIC DISORDER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DEPLETION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONSYNDROMIC INTERLOBULAR BILE DUCT PAUCITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BIOPSY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; GENETICS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TWINS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTHROGRYPOSIS; BILE DUCTS; BIOPSY; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER; MALE; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 1542599158     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200311000-00007     Document Type: Review

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