Biliary atresia

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Chardot, Christophe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 34248212376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-1-28     Document Type: Review

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