Incidence and prognostic factors associated with biliary atresia in western India

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-122

  Sanghai, Saket R ^a   Shah, Ira ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Sushmita ^a   Murthy, Anuradha ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650531674     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31789-2     Document Type: Article

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