The role of endoscopic ultrasound for evaluating portal hypertension in children being assessed for intestinal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1470-1473

  McKiernan, Patrick J ^a   Sharif, Khalid ^a   Gupte, Girish L ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Intestinal failure associated liver disease; Intestinal transplantation; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; BIOPSY; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIRUBIN;

BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; LIVER; PLATELET COUNT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 58149347211     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181891d63     Document Type: Article

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