Indian childhood cirrhosis (ICC) & ICC-like diseases: The changing scenario of facts versus notions

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1029-1042

  Nayak, N C ^a   Chitale, A R ^b  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JASLOK HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Copper; Cryptogenic cirrhosis; Endemic; Hypatic; ICC; Mallory hyaline

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHELATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIAN CHILDHOOD CIRRHOSIS; KITCHEN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; WILSON DISEASE;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84879516015     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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