Growth and final height after liver transplantation during childhood

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Scheenstra, Rene ^a,b   Gerver, Willem Jan ^b   Odink, Roelof J ^a   Van Soest, Hanneke ^a   Peeters, Paul M G ^b,c   Verkade, Henkjan J ^a,b   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Final height; Growth; Liver transplant; Skeletal maturation; Z score

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56049115634     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181623279     Document Type: Article

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