Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6, but Not Human Papillomavirus, Are Present in Neonatal Giant Cell Hepatitis and Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia

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The purpose of our study was to confirm reports of an association of human papillomavirus (HPV) with neonatal giant cell hepatitis (GCH) and biliary atresia (BA), and to expand these studies to include cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6), and parvovirus B19 (PVB19). Frozen hepatic tissue was available for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis in 19 cases of GCH or BA and...

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