Congenital absence of the portal vein and role of liver transplantation in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1026-1031

  Shinkai, Masato ^a,b   Ohhama, Youkatsu ^a,b   Nishi, Toshiji ^a,b   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a,b   Fujita, Shogo ^a,b   Take, Hiroshi ^a,b   Adachi, Masataka ^a,b   Tachibana, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Aida, Noriko ^a,b   Kato, Keisuke ^a,b   Tanaka, Yukichi ^a,b   Takemiya, Shoji ^a,b  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital absence of the portal vein; Liver transplantation; Portosystemic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; BILE ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034937159     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.24731     Document Type: Article

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