Biliary atresia: Lessons learned from the voluntary German Registry

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-87

  Leonhardt, Johannes ^a   Kuebler, J F ^b   Leute, P J ^b   Turowski, C ^b   Becker, T ^b   Pfister, E D ^b   Ure, B ^b   Petersen, C ^b  

^a St Bernward Hospital   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

biliary atresia; centralization; rare diseases; registry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954797706     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1268476     Document Type: Article

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