Comparison of different diagnostic methods in infants with Cholestasis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 5893-5896

  Dehghani, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Haghighat, Mahmood ^a   Imanieh, Mohammad Hadi ^a   Geramizadeh, Bita ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Clinical evaluation; Idiopathic neonatal hapatitis; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33750098607     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5893     Document Type: Article

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