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Pattern of liver diseases in children a biopsy study

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A total of 100 cases of hepatomegaly in children have been studied by liver biopsy. The common lesions were fatty change of a variable degree, cirrhosis and kwashiorkor. Three cases of military tubercles and one case of leukaemic infiltration in the liver were seen. A rare case of lipoid storage disease has also been noted

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  1. G. Changal Raju
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From the Department of Pathology, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool 518002, Andhra Pradesh.

Dissertation submitted to the S.V. University in part fulfilment for the degree of M.D. (Path.) and paper read at the 23rd Annual Meeting of All India Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists held at Madras, 1973.

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Raju, G.C., Reddy, D.B. & Suvarnkumari, G. Pattern of liver diseases in children a biopsy study. Indian J Pediatr 42, 39–45 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02831551

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