Intrapulmonary shunting in biliary atresia before and after living-related liver transplantation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1139-1143

  Yonemura, T ^a,b   Yoshibayashi, M ^a   Uemoto, S ^a   Inomata, Y ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Furusho, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTRAPULMONARY SHUNTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BILIARY ATRESIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032886531     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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