Management of biliary atresia in Nigeria: The ongoing challenge

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Mshelbwala, P M ^a   Sabiu, L ^a   Lukong, C S ^a   Ameh, Emmanuel A ^a,b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; NEONATE;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NIGERIA; PERITONITIS; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; KADUNA [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; ZARIA;

BILIARY ATRESIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; NIGERIA; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447342622     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532807X170538     Document Type: Article

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