Diagnosis of biliary atresia can not be excluded by declining trend of serum direct bilirubin

Pediatric Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 73-75

  Terui, Keita ^a   Higashimoto, Yasuyuki ^b   Saito, Eriko ^c   Saito, Takeshi ^a   Mitsuanga, Tetsuya ^a   Nakata, Mitsuyuki ^a   Iwai, Jun ^b   Yoshida, Hideo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Matsudo City Hospital Children's Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Bilirubin; Hyperbilirubinemia; Jaundice; Neonate

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY ATRESIA SPLENIC MALFORMATION SYNDROME; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84894748607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/pr.2013.e17     Document Type: Article

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