Orthotopic liver transplantation reverses the adverse nutritional changes of end-stage liver disease in children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 534-542

  Holt, Richard I G ^a   Broide, Effrat ^b   Buchanan, Charles R ^b   Miell, John P ^b   Baker, Alastair J ^b   Mowat, Alex P ^b   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

children; growth; nutrition; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALAGILLE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION;

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 0030935555     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.2.534     Document Type: Article

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