Biliary atresia: The Brazilian experience

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 473-479

  De Carvalho, Elisa ^a   Dos Santos, Jorge Luiz ^b   Da Silveira, Themis Reverbel ^b   Kieling, Carlos Oscar ^b   Silva, Luciana Rodrigues ^c   Porta, Gilda ^d,e   Miura, Irene Kazue ^d,e   De Tommaso, Adriana Maria Alves ^f   Brandão, Maria Ângela Bellomo ^f   Ferreira, Alexandre Rodrigues ^g   Macêdo, José Roberto De Deus ^a   Neto, José Tenório De Almeida ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BASE DO DISTRITO FEDERAL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^e A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Diagnosis; Differential; Hepatic; Portoenterostomy; Prognosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650136561     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.2054     Document Type: Article

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