Is there any association of extra hepatic biliary atresia with cytomegalovirus or other infections?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-283

  Soomro, Ghous Bukhsh ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Hassan, Mujahid ^a   Luck, Nasir ^a   Memon, Yousuf ^a   Khan, Abdaal Wasim ^a  

^a SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cytomegatovirus; Extrahepatic biliary atresia; PCR

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; PALLOR; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA; TOXOPLASMA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY ATRESIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952229565     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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