Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia Can Not Be Excluded by Declining Trend of Serum Direct Bilirubin

• Published in: Pediatric reports Vol. 5; no. 4; p. e17
• Main Authors: Terui, Keita, Higashimoto, Yasuyuki, Saito, Eriko, Saito, Takeshi, Mitsuanga, Tetsuya, Nakata, Mitsuyuki, Iwai, Jun, Yoshida, Hideo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy MDPI AG 01.01.2013; PAGEPress Publications; PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
• Subjects: Age; Biliary atresia; biliary atresia, bilirubin, hyperbilirubinemia, neonate, jaundice; Bilirubin; Blood; Diagnosis; Infants; Jaundice; Medical diagnosis; Neonates; Newborn babies; Patients; Reduction; Spleen; bilirubin; biliary atresia; jaundice; neonate; hyperbilirubinemia

The aim of this paper is to investigate the clinical courses of patients with biliary atresia (BA) during neonatal period. We examined 19 patients with BA, who underwent blood tests including direct bilirubin (D-Bil) within 20 days of age, in 3 tertiary hospitals in Japan. The first blood sample was...