Twenty-year transplant-free survival rate among patients with biliary atresia

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1086-1091

  de Vries, Willemien ^a   Homan Van der Veen, Jenneke ^b   Hulscher, Jan B F ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a   Houwen, Roderick H J ^b   Verkade, Henkjan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Quality of Life; Surgery; Survival Time; The Netherlands Study group on Biliary Atresia Registry (NeSBAR); Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; TRANSPLANT FREE SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955227415     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.07.024     Document Type: Article

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