Current management of biliary atresia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1132-1135

  Kelly, Deirdre A ^a   Davenport, Mark ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; PREDNISOLONE; RETINOL; STEROID; TRIMETHOPRIM; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE FLOW; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BILIARY ATRESIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849049228     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.101451     Document Type: Review

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