Outcome of biliary atresia in Malaysia: A single-centre study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Lee, Way Seah ^a,b   Chai, Pei Fan ^b   Lim, Kean Seng ^b   Lim, Li Han ^b   Looi, Lai Meng ^c   Ramanujam, Trndivanam Muthurangam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b Departments of Paediatrics   (Malaysia)

^c Departments of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Malaysia; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIARY ATRESIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449171972     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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