Biliary atresia-polysplenia syndrome: Surgical and clinical relevance in liver transplantation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 583-589

  Varela Fascinetto, Gustavo ^a   Castaldo, Paolo ^a   Fox, Ira J ^a   Sudan, Debra ^a   Heffron, Thomas G ^a   Shaw, Byers W ^a   Langnas, Alan N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SPLEEN; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031928722     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199804000-00022     Document Type: Article

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