Paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts in infancy: experience of a tertiary center
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Bile Duct Paucity in Infancy
Approach to an infant with jaundice and persistent conjugated hyperbilirubinemia includes several pediatric investigations with a different spectrum of invasiveness ranging from clinical biochemistry to liver biopsy. The broad and intense level of investigation needs to be set up soon to exclude surgical conditions that would prompt the child to a beneficial at least temporary solution. Paucity...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-2803
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032004000300010