Neonatal cholestasis: The delay in referring patients for differential diagnosis
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Diagnosis of Neonatal Cholestasis
Cholestasis is frequent in neonates (1/2,500 live births) and in young children. It includes many etiologies with sometimes poor prognosis. In case of neonatal cholestasis, the most important point is to look at the stool color and to rule out biliary atresia which needs to be surgically treated before the 45th day of life. Biliary atresia represents almost 50% of cases of neonatal cholestasis,...
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2004;25;388 Pediatrics in Review Frederick J. Suchy Neonatal Cholestasis http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/25/11/388 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is http://pedsinreview.aappublications.org/content/suppl/2005/01/26/25.11.388.DC1.html Data Supplement (unedited) at: Pediatrics. All rights reserved. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.499