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Together, neonatal hepatitis and biliary atresia make up approximately 70 to 80% of the causes of neonatal cholestasis. Biliary atresia must be differentiated from neonatal hepatitis as soon as possible in order to institute early surgical intervention. We performed this study to examine whether the measurement of the serum α-fetoprotein(AFP) and thyroxine-binding globulin(TBG) was useful for differentiating these two conditions.... |