Growth of long term survivors of liver transplantation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-240

  Viner, R M ^b,d   Forton, J T M ^a   Cole, T J ^c   Clark, I H ^a   Noble Jamieson, G ^a   Barnes, N D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Liver transplantation; Long term survivors; Puberty

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0007675320     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.80.3.235     Document Type: Article

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