BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems during the neonatal period. Despite the severe complications of jaundice, no reliable data is available regarding the prevalence of acute and chronic complications of jaundice and the predisposing factors in our community. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the complications of neonatal jaundice and the predis...

INTRODUCTION Chronic hepatitis is a liver disease in the form of continuous inflammation and necrosis for at least 6 months. There are many causes of chronic hepatitis, including genetic disorders, drugs, toxins, autoimmune, idiopathic; but the most common cause is viral. The virus that causes chronic viral hepatitis is the hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), as well as hepatitis ...

Neonatalis is birth before 28 days of a baby. Factors that are considered to affect neonatal mortality include the number visits in 1st and 3 rd trimester, pregnant women receiving Tetanus Diptheria Immunization, estimated infants with complications, Hepatitis B Immunization for less than 24 hours, BCG 1 visits. Neonatal still very rare so right analysis used, namely Negative Binomial Regressio...

UNLABELLED Early differentiation of extrahepatic biliary atresia from intrahepatic cholestasis is important. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is an excellent noninvasive investigation for ruling out extrahepatic biliary atresia. This study aimed at identifying the role of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), a choleretic agent, in conjunction with hepatobiliary scintigraphy in differentiating extrahepatic bi...

CHIBA, S., FUJIWARA, T., SHIONO, H. and NAKAO, T. Frequency of Australia Antigen Detected by Radioimmunoassay in Hepatitis in Children . Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1973, 109 (3), 307-308 Ninety-eight serum specimens obtained from 53 cases of hepatitis in children and 11 specimens from 10 cases of biliary atresia were tested for Australia (Au) antigen by radioimmunoassay (RIA) . Au antigen was detecte...