Partial splenic embolization decreases the serum bilirubin level in patients with hypersplenism following the Kasai procedure for biliary atresia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-210

  Ando, Hisami ^a   Ito, Takahiro ^b   Nagaya, Masahiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BONE MARROW CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPLENIC ARTERY;

EID: 0029919860     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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