Diagnosis of alagille syndrome-25 years of experience at King's College Hospital

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-89

  Subramaniam, P ^a   Knisely, A ^a   Portmann, B ^a   Qureshi, S ^b   Aclimandos, W ^a   Karani, J ^a   Baker, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alagille syndrome; cholestasis; diagnosis; paucity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIGLYCINE;

ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTEROL; FACIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 78650957201     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181f1572d     Document Type: Article

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