Indian pediatrics need for liver transplantation in Indian children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 356-361

  Mehrotra, P ^a   Yachha, Surender K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Cirrhosis; Fulminant hepatic failure; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033106868     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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