Pre-operative screening for biliary atresia in cholestatic infants: A case for percutaneous liver biopsy

J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Aug;55(8):1677. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.04.024. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Matthew P Shaughnessy¹, Mark Davenport², Rima Fawaz³, Pamela L Valentino³, Raffaella Morotti⁴, Robert A Cowles⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
² Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
³ Section of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
⁵ Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: robert.cowles@yale.edu.

PMID: 32595035
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2020.04.024

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Biliary Atresia*
Biopsy
Cholangiography
Cholestasis*
Humans
Infant
Liver