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Does thyroid function disorder play a vital role in the pathogenesis of neonatal cholestasis?

Salma Abdel Megeed Nagi
1, 2
,
Mai Ibrahim Elashmawy
3
,
Mohamed Zaeim Hafez Ahmed
4
,
Mahmoud Ahmad Mohammed Azab
5
,
Ashraf AbdelAty Elshenawy Emara
5
,
Osama Mohammad Mohammad Abdelhay
5
,
Mohamed AbdelAziz Doma
6
,
Ahmad Mohamed Mohamed Awad
6
,
Ahmed Mohammed Saba
6
,
Tarek Shikhon
7
,
Hesham Abdelrahman Mahmoud Ahmed
7
,
Ahmed Mohamed Gad Allah
8
,
Marwa Fekry Hassan
9
,
Shymaa Sobhy Menshawy Khalifa
10

  1. Faculty of Medicine, King Salman International University, El Tor Branch, South Sinai, Egypt
  2. Pediatric Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Nutrition department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom 32511, Egypt
  3. Clinical Pathology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom 32511, Egypt
  4. Medical Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut), Assiut, Egypt
  5. Medical Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  6. Medical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
  7. Medical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut), Assiut, Egypt
  8. Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University (Assiut), Assiut, Egypt
  9. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El Kom, Menoufia, 6132415, Egypt
  10. Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin El Kom, Menoufia, 6132415, Egypt
Clin Exp HEPATOL 2025; 11, 3: 289–299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2025.154503
Online publish date: 2025/09/30
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