Portal venous pressure in biliary atresia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 363-366

  Shalaby, Aly ^a   Makin, Erica ^a   Davenport, Mark ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary atresia; Portal venous pressure; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIARY ATRESIA; BILIRUBIN; CATHETERIZATION; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL PRESSURE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY, HEPATIC; PROGNOSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 84856855824     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.11.031     Document Type: Article

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