Neonatal cholestasis: Differentiation of biliary atresia from neonatal hepatitis in a developing country

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1260-1264

  Poddar, Ujjal ^a,b   Thapa, Babu Ram ^a   Das, Ashim ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Rao, Kl Narasimha ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; Ductal plate malformation; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; MEBROFENIN TC 99M; PLASMA PROTEIN; UDILIV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GALACTOSEMIA; GOLD STANDARD; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RUBELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTICEMIA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPLENOMEGALY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 68249087073     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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