Bile acid ratio in diagnosis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-294

  Huang, William M ^a,b   Gowda, Meghana ^a   Donnelly, James G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile acid; Cholestasis of pregnancy; Diagnosis; Intrahepatic cholestasis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSAMINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849207401     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103158     Document Type: Article

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