Factors influencing the outcome of liver transplantation for biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1548-1551

  Hasegawa, Toshimichi ^a   Fukui, Yuichi ^a   Tanano, Hirofumi ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^a   Fukuzawa, Masahiro ^a   Okada, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Growth retardation; Hepatic portoenterostomy; Hypocholesterolemia; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030724432     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90449-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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