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Neonatal hepatitis : Prognostic factors and outcome /

Afaf Enayet Abdelhamid

Neonatal hepatitis : Prognostic factors and outcome / الالتهاب الكبدى الوليدى : نتائجه و العوامل المؤثرة فيه Afaf Enayet Abdelhamid ; Supervised Mona Elsaid Elraziky , May Ahmed Khairy , Engy Adel Mohamed Mogahed - Cairo : Afaf Enayet Abdelhamid , 2014 - 114 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Neonatal hepatitis (NH) represents a nonspecific reaction of the liver to various insults and characterized histologically by extensive giant cell transformation of hepatocytes. NH represents approximately 40% of all cases of cholestasis in infants. To assess the outcome and determine the possible clinical and laboratory prognostic factors in cases of NH among Egyptian infants. This study was carried out at the hepatology Unit, Cairo University childrens Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. All cases histopathologically proved to have NH over a period of 3 years (1/2009 - 12/2011) were included. Data retrieved from the files included detailed history, general, abdominal examination, growth parameters and laboratory, radiological as well as histopathological investigations at presentation and throughout 1 year of follow up



Differential diagnosis for NH Neonatal hepatitis NH