Cholangitis as a late complication in long-term survivors after surgery for biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1797-1799

  Nio, Masaki ^a   Sano, Nobuyuki ^a   Ishii, Tomohiro ^b   Sasaki, Hideyuki ^b   Hayashi, Yutaka ^b   Ohi, Ryoji ^a  

^a MIYAGI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; cholangitis; long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CHOLANGITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10944267150     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

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