Long-term outcome of children with biliary atresia who were not transplanted after the kasai operation: >20-year experience at a children's hospital

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-450

  Shinkai, Masato ^a   Ohhama, Youkatsu ^a   Take, Hiroshi ^a   Kitagawa, Norihiko ^a   Kudo, Hironori ^a   Mochizuki, Kyoko ^a   Hatata, Tomoko ^a  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult survivors; Biliary atresia; Kasai operation; Liver cirrhosis; Long term prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILDBIRTH; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROSTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650895878     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318189f2d5     Document Type: Article

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