Biliary atresia revisited

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-124

  Kahn, Ellen ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia; Etiology; Extrahepatic biliary atresia; Pathogenesis; Pediatric diseases of the liver

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; GANCICLOVIR; STEROID; TOXIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; APOPTOSIS; BILE ACID METABOLISM; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT CYST; COMMON BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONJUGATED HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL PROGRESSIVE INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; FIBROSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 2642561298     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-003-0307-y     Document Type: Review

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