Quality of life in children managed for extrahepatic portal venous obstruction

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-536

  Krishna, Y Radha ^a   Yachha, Surender Kumar ^b   Srivastava, Anshu ^b   Negi, Deepa ^b   Lal, Richa ^b   Poddar, Ujjal ^b  

^a Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (United States)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Growth retardation; Hypertension; Life quality; Portal; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESOPHAGUS VARICES BLEEDING; EXTRAHEPATIC PORTAL VENOUS OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL VEIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPLEEN; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77951858455     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181b6a55d     Document Type: Article

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