National centralization of biliary atresia care to an assigned multidisciplinary team provides high-quality outcomes

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-107

  Lampela, Hanna ^a   Ritvanen, Annukka ^b   Kosola, Silja ^a   Koivusalo, Antti ^a   Rintala, Risto ^a   Jalanko, Hannu ^a   Pakarinen, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia splenic malformation; Kasai; Native liver survival; Portoenterostomy

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BILIARY ATRESIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84055199929     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.627446     Document Type: Article

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