Morphometric assessment of liver fibrosis may enhance early diagnosis of biliary atresia

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-335

  Abdalla, Ahmed F ^a   Fathy, Abeer ^a   Zalata, Khaled R ^b   Megahed, Ahmed ^a   Abo Alyazeed, Ahmed ^b   El Regal, Mohammed Ezz ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

biliary atresia; morphometry; neonatal cholestasis; neonatal hepatiti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEPATITIS; PARAMETERS; TISSUE SECTION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BIOPSY; CHOLESTASIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84889257020     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-013-0423-3     Document Type: Article

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