Improved body mass index after mesenterico-portal bypass

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-543

  Stringer, Mark D ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extrahepatic portal hypertension; Rex shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MESENTERICO PORTAL BYPASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN CAVERNOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR TUMOR; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEINS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 34249108675     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1920-z     Document Type: Article

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