Management of biliary atresia in the liver transplantation era: A 15- year, single-center experience

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-118

  Maksoud, João Gilberto ^a,b   Fauza, Dario O ^a   Silva, Marcos M ^a   Porta, Gilda ^a   Miura, Irene ^a   Zerbini, Maria Claudia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cholangitis; Cholestasis; Kasai; Liver transplantation; Portoenterostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER HILUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031984902     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90375-X     Document Type: Article

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