Screening for biliary atresia: A ray of hope

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1105-1107

  Shneider, Benjamin L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; BILIRUBIN;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE FLOW; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHENYLKETONURIA; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILIARY ATRESIA; COLOR; FECES; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 42249094862     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22302     Document Type: Editorial

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