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International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials Volume 5 (2020), Article ID 5:IJCRT-144, 10 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/144
Meta-analysis
The Accuracy of Liver Biopsy to Diagnose Biliary Atresia: A Meta-Analysis

Yuan Yang1, Xin Li2 and Jianghua Zhan1,*

1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tianjin Children’s Hospital, Tianjin, 300074, China
2Department of General Pediatric Surgery, Urumqi First People's Hospital(Urumqi Children's Hospital), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 830002,China
Dr. Jianghua Zhan, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tianjin Children's Hospital, LongYan Road 238, Beichen District, Tianjin, 300134, China; E-mail: zhanjianghuatj@163.com
17 February 2020; 14 March 2020; 16 March 2020
Yang Y, Li X, Zhan J (2020) The Accuracy of Liver Biopsy to Diagnose Biliary Atresia: A Meta-Analysis. Int J Clin Res Trials 5: 144. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8007/2020/144
This work was partially supported by Natural science foundation of xinjiang uygur autonomous region: The mechanism of Notch pathway in hepatic fibrosis of biliary atresia (2019D01A12). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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