Surgical outcome in biliary atresia: Etiology affects the influence of age at surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-698

  Davenport, Mark ^a   Caponcelli, Enrica ^a   Livesey, Emily ^a   Hadzic, Nedim ^a   Howard, Edward ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLEARANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149105737     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181638627     Document Type: Article

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