Biliary atresia - Translational research on key molecular processes regulating biliary injury and obstruction

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 222-230

  Bezerra, Jorge A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cholestasis; Cirrhosis; Cytokines; Jaundice; Liver

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LYMPHOCYTE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETUS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 33746578444     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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