Morbidity and mortality of children with chronic liver diseases who were listed for liver transplantation in Iran

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Dehghani, S M ^a,b   Gholami, S ^a   Bahador, A ^a   Nikeghbalian, S ^a   Salahi, H ^a   Imanieh, M H ^a,b   Haghighat, M ^a,b   Davari, H R ^a   Mehrabani, D ^b   Malek Hosseini, S A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Liver transplantation; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33846211863     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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