High frequency of Human Cytomegalovirus DNA in the Liver of Infants with Extrahepatic Neonatal Cholestasis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Histological characteristics of HCMV negative patients.

BA = biliary atresia, DCS = distal choledocal stenosis, CC = choledocal cyst, PHF = porta hepatis fragment, PF = portal fibrosis, GCT = giant cell transformation, MCIP = mild chronic inflammatory process, MoCIP = moderate chronic inflammatory process, MCAP = mild chronic active inflammatory process, MoCAP = moderate chronic active inflammatory process, SCAP = severe chronic active inflammatory process.

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