Biliary atresia - A fifteen-year review of clinical and pathologic factors associated with liver transplantation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 800-803

  Baerg, Joanne ^a   Zuppan, Craig ^a   Klooster, Marquelle ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; jaundice; Kasai operation; phototherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE FLOW; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 3042628245     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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