Biliary atresia

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9702, 2009, Pages 1704-1713

  Hartley, Jane L ^a,b   Davenport, Mark ^c,d   Kelly, Deirdre A ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; KASAI PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALGORITHMS; BILIARY ATRESIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEONATAL SCREENING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449389039     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60946-6     Document Type: Review

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