Management of adult biliary atresia patients: should hard work and pregnancy be discouraged?

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2106-2109

  Kuroda, Tatsuo ^a   Saeki, Morihiro ^a   Morikawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Biliary atresia; Labor; Management; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 36849023022     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.08.037     Document Type: Article

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