Neonatal Liver failure: A genetic and metabolic perspective

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-245

  Saenz, Margarita Sifuentes ^a   Van Hove, Johan ^a   Scharer, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal cholestasis; Neonatal hemochromatosis; Neonatal hypoglycemia; Neonatal liver failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARNITINE; D DIMER; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHIONINE; SELENIUM; TYROSINE;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECREASED APPETITE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; LETHARGY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE;

EID: 77952266841     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e328336ebe1     Document Type: Review

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