Does the pediatric end-stage liver disease score or hepatic artery resistance index predict outcome after liver transplantation for biliary atresia?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 697-700

  Asthana, Sonal ^a   McClean, Patricia ^a   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33748434348     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1737-1     Document Type: Article

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