Neonatal cholestasis and cytomegalovirus infection:
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Infection by cytomegalovirus in patients with neonatal cholestasis.
BACKGROUND Neonatal cholestasis syndrome with an intra or extrahepatic origin has been associated to viral infections. The participation of the cytomegalovirus in the etiopathogenesis of neonatal hepatitis has been already known for some time, but only recently there have been indications that this virus may be one of the possible etiological factors for extrahepatic biliary atresia. AIMS To ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.605