Usefulness of a scoring system in the interpretation of histology in neonatal cholestasis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 5326-5333

  Lee, Way Seah ^a   Looi, Lai Meng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Histology scoring system; Liver biopsy; Neonatal cholestasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CELL SWELLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; PEDIATRIC WARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 74249099339     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5326     Document Type: Article

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