NEONATAL CHOLESTASIS AND BILIARY ATRESIA: PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA
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Clinical features differentiating biliary atresia from other causes of neonatal cholestasis.
INTRODUCTION This study determined any clinical features which may help to differentiate biliary atresia (BA) from other causes of neonatal cholestasis (NC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective and observational study was conducted on consecutive infants with NC referred to the University of Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia, between November 1996 and May 2004. RESULTS The 3 most common cause...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health and Translational Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2289-392X
DOI: 10.22452/jummec.vol13no2.2