Biliary atresia: Outcome and management

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 825-828

  Davenport, Mark ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Kasai portoenterostomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OCTREOTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE FLOW; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER HILUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOSIS;

BILIARY ATRESIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749498713     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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