Extrahepatic biliary atresia: Current concepts and future directions

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-120

  De Carvalho, Elisa ^a,b,c,g   Pontes Ivantes, Cláudia Alexandra ^d,e   Bezerra, Jorge A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASE DO DISTRITO FEDERAL   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade de Ciencias da Saude   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^g SQS 111 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Etiopathogenesis; Extrahepatic biliary atresia; Treatment and prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DISOFENIN TC 99M; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; NEOMYCIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNITY; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; IRRITABILITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDLINE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PRURITUS; REOVIRUS; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34147106567     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1608     Document Type: Review

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